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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software just landed in its second European country, with more in the queue

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software launched in Lithuania, the second European country after the Netherlands. Greece and Belgium are expected to follow, but Scandinavian regulators are pushing back and EU-wide approval faces a qualified majority vote with no date set.

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is no longer a single-country experiment in Europe. Lithuania became the second EU member state to approve FSD (Supervised) on Tuesday, just weeks after the Netherlands became the first. Greece and Belgium are expected to follow shortly.

The Lithuanian transport safety administration adopted the Dutch RDW’s prior certification rather than running its own testing programme. Under EU rules, member states can recognise another country’s type approval and allow the certified system onto their roads. It is a shortcut, but a legally valid one.

Tesla Europe confirmed the rollout on X, posting that FSD Supervised was now live for Lithuanian owners. The Greek transport ministry said...

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