RDW Approves 10% Speed Offset Cap and Tesla Assisted Driving Name

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) is set to change in Europe after the Dutch vehicle authority RDW announced it has approved several updates to FSD (Supervised), including a significantly tighter limit on exceeding posted speed limits.

RDW was the first regulatory body in the EU to approve FSD back in April, and other countries have relied on the framework established with that approval to issue their own.

What’s Changing

The maximum Speed Offset that drivers can set is being reduced from +50% to +10%. Speed Offset lets drivers specify how far FSD may exceed the officially posted legal speed limit. The offset will also reset to 0% each time the vehicle starts, and other speed-related features will be disabled by default.

Name Change and Availability

In-car labeling is also changing: FSD (Supervised) will be shown as Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) on the touchscreen, in the owner’s manual, and in other driver information. The update applies to HW4 vehicles and will roll out via an over-the-air software update.

RDW said its review found no negative or unintended effects on system behavior or vehicle dynamics. The existing approval remains valid under the same conditions, and RDW has notified the nine other EU countries that adopted its approval.

Meeting Germany’s Conditions

These changes match what Germany and several others requested. Germany said it would support FSD in the EU vote if Tesla renamed the system and capped the Speed Offset at 10%. Germany’s transport ministry also confirmed expectations of a bloc-wide vote in December and highlighted concerns about the system exceeding speed limits by up to 50%. Sweden, France, Croatia, and the European Transport Safety Council have raised similar concerns; Croatia has since approved FSD.

Italy is also supportive. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said Italy backs EU-wide approval after speaking with Elon Musk, despite Italy not yet granting its own national approval.

Path to the December Vote

FSD (Supervised), now labeled Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD), is already approved in 10 EU countries, with Latvia becoming the most recent last month. For EU-wide approval, Tesla needs at least 15 member states representing at least 65% of the EU’s population.

With Germany and Italy—the EU’s two largest countries by population after France—supporting the effort, prospects improve. RDW said the EU evaluation continues within the Technical Committee for Motor Vehicles (TCMV), and those discussions are confidential.

Owners in countries that have issued independent approval should receive the TAD name and the new speed offset limits in an upcoming software update. December’s vote will determine whether the rest of the EU follows.