Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) rollout in Europe just got a meaningful push forward. Belgium's Minister of Mobility has confirmed that approval granted in any single Belgian region — Flanders, Wallonia, or Brussels-Capital — will be recognized nationwide. That removes a significant regulatory hurdle, and according to reports, that approval is now expected within weeks.
The significance here goes beyond Belgium's borders. Tesla has already secured authorization for limited public road testing of FSD (Supervised) in Flanders, giving it a regulatory foothold in the country. Once full approval clears — in any one of the three regions — it automatically applies across all of Belgium. That's a clean, efficient path that other European markets haven't offered, and it sets a potential template for how FSD gains ground on the continent.
Europe has been one of the last major markets without access to FSD (Supervised), largely due to the fragmented regulatory landscape across member states. Belgium clearing the way doesn't automatically unlock other countries, but it does give Tesla a live European deployment to point to — which carries real weight in ongoing conversations with regulators elsewhere. For the roughly 500,000 Tesla owners across Europe who've been watching this from the sidelines, Belgium is the crack in the door.
Marcus covers Tesla's software releases, FSD rollouts, and OTA changes. Background in automotive engineering. Based in Austin.
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