Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system has been approved in the Netherlands, but the Dutch road regulator RDW is keeping the safety data secret. The regulator claims that releasing the details would violate Tesla’s commercial secrets.

Regulatory Concerns

Tesla has been pressing RDW to keep the documentation about the FSD safety review secret since late 2024. The company has called FSD approval key to boosting sales in Europe, where it’s trying to regain market share lost in recent years.

European regulators have historically been more cautious about automated driving than the United States, requiring automakers to get approval before deploying driver-assistance systems such as FSD. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly said FSD will soon be fully autonomous, but a Reuters investigation found that Tesla’s self-published FSD safety statistics are highly exaggerated.

Public Safety Concerns

European vehicle-safety law experts say RDW is withholding too much information under the guise of trade secrets, potentially at the expense of public safety. Details on RDW’s testing and Tesla’s performance are matters of broad public interest, according to Oliver Carsten, a transportation-safety professor at the University of Leeds.

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