EVwire brief: The Netherlands' vehicle authority RDW has approved a set of changes to Tesla's FSD Supervised system in Europe, bringing the Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) name to the car itself and cutting the system's maximum speed margin from +50% to +10%.
According to the RDW's announcement, the update brings the following changes to Tesla Assisted Driving:
Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) name will appear on the in-car display, in the owner's manual and in all other information shown to the driver.
The maximum speed margin drops from +50% to +10%. The speed margin is a setting that lets drivers choose how far, as a percentage, the system may go above the posted speed limit when needed for safety and traffic flow.
The speed margin resets to 0% every time the car is started, and other speed-related functions are switched off by default.
The changes apply to Tesla models equipped with TAD and Hardware 4 (HW4) or later, and will arrive through an over-the-air software update.
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According to the RDW, the name change does not affect how the system works, and TAD remains a driver assistance system with the driver still responsible for driving. The existing type approval thus remains valid under the same conditions and does not need to be amended or extended.
“As part of this assessment, the RDW checked how the changes were implemented and how the system behaves as a result. No adverse or unintended effects on the operation of the system or the driving behavior of the car were identified.”
The RDW has informed the nine EU member states that accepted its approval of the changes: Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The EU-wide approval process is still ongoing within the European Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), and the RDW said it does not comment on those confidential discussions.
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Context:
The new +10% cap matches what Tesla and Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) agreed on in early October, when the ministry backed EU-wide approval of the system. The two sides agreed the system may exceed the posted speed limit by up to 10%, with the BMV saying it can help keep traffic flowing smoothly, and Tesla offered to rename the system "Tesla Assisted Driving." Tesla officially implemented that rename in Europe later that month.
The list of countries the RDW notified also reflects how far FSD/TAD has spread on a country-by-country basis. Latvia became the most recent addition in late October, making it the tenth EU country to clear the system, counting the Netherlands. A bloc-wide authorization needs a qualified majority of at least 15 of the EU's 27 member states, representing 65% of the EU population.
Source: RDW
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