Tesla Releases Safety Data for Full Self-Driving Ahead of EU Approval Vote
Tesla has released safety data showing its supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology had 4.1 times fewer collisions than manually driven Tesla vehicles in five European countries where it is currently permitted, according to Reuters. The company analyzed over 100 million kilometers of driving between April and August 2026, during which FSD-equipped cars were involved in three highway and nine non-highway road collisions compared to 137 and 490 for manually driven vehicles respectively. Tesla is using this data as part of its lobbying efforts ahead of a European Union vote on broader deployment. The Netherlands was the first EU country to provisionally approve FSD, followed by Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, and Lithuania. Tesla also published an open-source safety dashboard shared with regulators in April. However, previous reports raised concerns about potential misleading comparisons used in similar data presented earlier. The outcome of this vote is critical for Tesla as it seeks broader regulatory acceptance across Europe to expand its high-margin software revenue from FSD subscriptions.
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