Slovakia approves Tesla FSD Supervised/TAD

Slovakia becomes Europe's ninth country to approve Tesla's FSD Supervised/TAD system.

EU approval timeline

Slovakia joins Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, Czechia, and Croatia on the list of EU countries that have individually cleared FSD Supervised/TAD.

Minister Ráž on road safety

Slovak Minister of Transport Jozef Ráž said road safety is extremely important and Slovakia supports innovations that increase it.

“I am glad that when it comes to modern technologies in transport, Slovakia is not lagging behind. Road safety is extremely important to us, so we will be happy to support all innovations that increase it”

FSD Supervised/TAD function

The system accelerates, brakes, steers, changes lanes, handles intersections, and responds to traffic signs using cameras and neural networks.

Driver monitoring feature

The system constantly monitors driver attention and warns them if they are not paying attention, turning off if necessary.

“It is not a fully autonomous system, so there is no need to imagine that the driver's seat in cars will remain empty. The driver is still fully responsible for driving. The system therefore constantly monitors his attention and if it detects that he is not paying attention to driving, it will warn him and, if necessary, turn it off”

EU approval requirements

FSD/TAD needs approval from at least 15 EU countries representing 65% of the EU population for a bloc-wide authorization.

Next steps for EU approval

The EU Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles will likely decide on FSD Supervised/TAD by December 2026.