The Dutch vehicle authority (RDW) has released a statement after it received criticism for approving @Tesla's FSD (Supervised).
"The RDW carefully assessed and tested this driver assistance system before approval was granted. As part of this process, we analyzed and evaluated data from vehicles that had been driven in Europe. We also collected and assessed our own data and continue to monitor the performance of this system on the road.
The RDW did not rely solely on Tesla’s data; we also carried out extensive testing ourselves using our own test equipment. Over a period of more than 3,000 hours, testing took place both on test tracks and on public roads, under a wide range of conditions, including complex and busy urban traffic, a broad variety of road types, and different - including extreme - weather conditions. This included the use of data from 1.8 million kilometres driven in Europe with FSD Supervised.
The RDW’s own tests — comprising more than 1,000 test runs — were conducted in accordance with European regulations. The Tesla data used by the RDW also complied with those rules. The RDW independently assessed and validated the process used to collect the data.
Through these tests, the RDW gathered objective information and verified the manufacturer’s data. The RDW does not base its assessment solely on information provided by the manufacturer. We carried out extensive independent investigation. On the basis of this overall process, the RDW concluded that the system meets the applicable requirements. As a result, a European type approval valid for use in the Netherlands was granted.
Safety is the RDW’s foremost priority. This Tesla driver assistance system supports the driver to a greater extent than other systems because, when activated, it takes over multiple driving tasks. The proper use of driver assistance systems makes a positive contribution to road safety by supporting the driver in performing driving tasks; it is intended as an aid to the driver. Owing to the continuous and strict monitoring of the driver in the vehicle, this driver assistance system is at least as safe as other driver assistance systems. We have thoroughly assessed and tested this system over a period of more than 18 months."
Full statement linked in thread below:
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Tesla FSD (Supervised) has just officially been approved in Denmark!
This is the fourth European country to get FSD (Supervised) approved, and counting.
@yunta_tsai Amazing work! I think that for privately driven cars on FSD (e.g. not robotaxi) it would make sense to give the user some control over the drive like route preference, max speed control, parking spot selection and memory for these options. Not all input has to be error.
@tslaming This will be amazing product once it works. Even better once it is approved which will probably happen over many years worldwide. I hope they also keep making products to the imo 80% of the market who prefers the option to drive manually for the forseable future.
@RedM4F82@thinkingman111@elonmusk So replacing $3B revenue with $0 revenue, but potential. They could also just make both. People who would have bought S or X don't buy a robot, they buy a different brand of car
@robiot Geneva - Paris with TGV is great, takes 3h, with plane 4-5h between city centers.
Swiss train system is great too.
But yes, especially going through multiple European countries changing trains is a pain
@KRoelandschap They need to bring it back based on FSD stack. If not, most people will drive manually (less safe) or buy a different car that has ADAS. There should be different levels of FSD for different price levels