- Nederland just beat Germany, France and the UK to legal Tesla FSD Supervised.
- Version 2026.3.6 started hitting Dutch Hardware 4 cars on 11 April.
- The RDW cleared it after 1.6 million km of EU road testing.
- Germany, France and Italy are expected to follow within weeks.
Nederland Gives Tesla FSD Supervised a Green Light Before Berlin or Paris
The Netherlands has become the first European country to approve Tesla Full Self-Driving Supervised for public roads, ending years of regulatory gridlock that had kept the feature locked out of the EU. The RDW approved Tesla FSD Supervised version 2026.3.6 on 10 April 2026 under UN Regulation 171, the EU framework for Level 2 Driver Control Assistance Systems. One day later, Dutch Tesla owners with Hardware 4 cars began receiving the over-the-air update — the first legal Tesla self-driving rollout on European public roads.
The RDW said the software had been “extensively examined and tested for more than one and a half years” across 1.6 million kilometers of EU roads, 13,000 customer ride-alongs and 4,500 track scenarios, and concluded it was a “positive contribution” to road safety. But the regulator was careful to draw a line: “FSD Supervised can take over many driving tasks, but the driver remains responsible and must always remain in control.” Dutch drivers must pass a mandatory in-car tutorial and quiz before the feature unlocks — a European-only requirement Tesla built into the Self-Driving app to satisfy RDW’s safety reporting conditions.
🚨 BREAKING: Tesla Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is now officially approved in the Netherlands — the first European country to greenlight FSD. Rollout starts today.
— Tesla Inside (@TSLA_inside_) April 11, 2026
What This Means for the Tesla FSD Europe Rollout in 2026
The Dutch approval is more than symbolic. Under EU type-approval rules, other member states can now recognize the RDW decision nationally without duplicating the full 400-requirement review — the fastest path Tesla has ever had into the European autopilot market. Electrek reports that Germany’s KBA, France and Italy are expected to move within four to eight weeks, with a broader European rollout targeted for summer 2026. For Tesla owners who have spent years watching US drivers get a feature they were paying for but could not use, this is the unlock they were promised.
It is also a quiet win for Hardware 4 cars specifically, and a headache for every Model S, X, 3 and Y still running on HW3 — those vehicles are not part of the 2026.3.6 rollout, and Tesla has not committed to a timeline for bringing them along. The European FSD Supervised build differs substantially from the US version to satisfy UN R-171, so the rollout will keep being measured, slow, and regulator-led. But the precedent is now set: a Tesla can legally change lanes, take turns, and navigate a roundabout on a public road in the EU — starting in Amsterdam.
