Sweden Urges EU to Reject Tesla FSD Over Speeding

Sweden Urges EU to Reject Tesla FSD Over Speeding

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) has been expanding across Europe, but a new regulatory hurdle has emerged as a Nordic transport authority objects to a built-in driving setting.

The Speeding Ultimatum

According to a letter reported by Reuters, the Swedish Transport Administration (TRV) has advised the European Union to vote against a bloc‑wide rollout of FSD. The concern focuses on a single function: Speed Offset.

The feature lets drivers set a margin that allows the vehicle to travel above the posted legal speed limit. In the letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), the TRV stated that “allowing automated systems to systematically exceed legal speed limits ... risks undermining both the legal framework and the expected safety benefits of vehicle automation.” The agency added that if Tesla does not remove the capability to ignore speed limits, Sweden’s representative will vote against approval.

The document, dated April 30, was sent shortly after Sweden expanded public FSD testing, following the software’s landmark approval in the Netherlands, indicating that while trials were broadening, some regulators were pushing back behind the scenes.

A Continent Divided

This resistance arrives just as Tesla’s wider European FSD rollout accelerates. Belgium and Denmark recently joined a growing list of countries recognizing and adopting the Dutch RDW’s approval, following earlier authorizations for use on public roads in Estonia and Lithuania.

The European FSD build differs notably from the North American version. North American drivers can select speed profiles such as Sloth, Hurry, or Mad Max, whereas European builds include a specialized contextual max speed feature that adapts to traffic flow. Even so, the presence of the manual Speed Offset remains unacceptable to Swedish authorities.

What This Means for EU‑Wide FSD Approval

Recent tracking indicates that nearly a quarter of the world’s population can technically access the driver assistance system.

The TCMV is slated to convene on June 30 to decide on a bloc‑wide rollout. Approval requires a qualified majority of 15 of the 27 EU member states, representing at least 65% of the population. If the committee rejects the technology, current provisional national approvals could expire after six months. Tesla could address the impasse by disabling the Speed Offset toggle via an over‑the‑air update for European vehicles, or by providing sufficient safety data to change Sweden’s position before the final vote.