Overview
- Tesla began supervised demonstration rides on 1 December in German cities including Berlin, Munich, Köln and Hamburg, with bookings via its website and employees at the wheel while visitors ride as passengers.
- The Dutch vehicle authority RDW stated there is no commitment to a near-term approval, countering Tesla's suggested timeline for a European rollout.
- Multiple U.S. videos show abrupt braking for swirling leaves, including a clip shared by critic Dan O'Dowd in which a car stopped for leaves and then crossed a double yellow line while avoiding the perceived obstacle.
- The system uses a camera-only vision approach without lidar, a design choice central to ongoing debates over its reliability in complex real-world conditions.
- A German ride-along in Hamburg described largely smooth behavior over a 12.4 km route with one discretionary human intervention, highlighting that the feature remains under supervision.