Tesla · FSD · Europe · 5 Nov 2026
Dutch regulator approves Tesla's cut to the FSD speed margin, from +50% to +10%, and a new name
The Netherlands' vehicle authority, RDW, said on 3 Nov that it has approved changes Tesla asked for to FSD Supervised. The system gets a new name in Europe, Tesla Assisted Driving, and the driver-set speed margin is capped at +10%, down from +50%. RDW gave no rollout date, and EU-wide approval is still pending (as of 5 Nov 2026).
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The speed margin
RDW's notice says the driver can set a speed margin. That's the percentage by which the system may exceed the posted limit when needed for safety and traffic flow. That margin "was +50% and is now limited to a maximum of +10%."
On a road posted at 100 km/h (about 62 mph), that means a ceiling of 110 km/h instead of 150 km/h (my arithmetic). Each time the car starts, the margin is set to 0% by default, and RDW says "other speed-related functions" are also switched off by default.
The new name
"Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD)" will appear on the car's screen, in the owner's manual and in all other driver information, RDW says. The update applies to Tesla models with the system and hardware version 4.0 (HW4) or newer.
RDW says the rename doesn't change how the system works. It "remains a driver assistance system," and "the driver remains responsible for driving."
Why it happened
Tesla asked RDW to assess "a number of small changes," according to the notice. RDW said it checked how they were implemented and how the system behaves, and found "no adverse or unintended effects" on the system or on how the car drives. It added the changes to its earlier approval. The existing type approval stays valid on the same terms, so it doesn't need to be amended or extended.
Approved, not yet dated
This is a regulatory sign-off. Tesla carries out the changes and will offer them as an over-the-air update, RDW says. Neither RDW nor Tesla has given a date or a software version as of 5 Nov 2026.
RDW also informed the nine member states that adopted its type approval: Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
The EU-wide process is still open
Approval for the whole European Union still runs through the EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV). RDW says what's shared and discussed there is confidential, and it won't comment. No date has been published for an EU-wide decision.
Sawyer Merritt, who posted the news on X, noted that RDW "often sets standards that influence much of Europe." He also said Tesla formally renamed FSD to TAD in Europe a few weeks ago. Whether the +10% cap affects the TCMV process isn't public.
The Dutch vehicle authority (RDW), which often sets standards that influence much of Europe, announced today that it has approved several changes to @Tesla's FSD (now called Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe).
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) November 3, 2026
RDW's notice covers its own type approval and the countries that adopted it. It says nothing about FSD in the US.
Sources: RDW, "RDW keurt wijzigingen aan Tesla-rijhulpsysteem goed" (3 Nov 2026), with quotes translated from Dutch; Sawyer Merritt on X. As of 5 Nov 2026.
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