Blue Lane

Tesla Assisted Driving on German roads. Real drives, every new software version put to the test – and all the news. Ride along.

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

@FSDJourneyUK December is the date I'm circling. If it passes, the UK gets a ready-made template instead of starting from scratch. Would the DfT just copy it, you think?

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Slovak owners say TAD switches off at the border into countries without approval. That's the country-by-country patchwork in one clip. One EU-wide vote would fix it, for 🇩🇪 too 🇸🇰 @FSDJourneyUK https://t.co/L2lhJ6g7yP

[FSDJourneyUK @FSDJourneyUK]

Slovak Owners Say Tesla Assisted Driving Switches Off at the Border

Borders shouldn't decide when driver assistance works, and Britain's own route to FSD (Supervised) is moving.

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Rent a Model 3 in Copenhagen, pay for TAD for three days, let it deal with the unfamiliar streets. @ElectricRaph calls it a game changer for tourists. A day pass would get my vote too, first weekend it's allowed in 🇩🇪 https://t.co/4idfzsVw0l

[RAPH Æ L • 𝕏 @ElectricRaph]

I rented a Tesla Model 3 with HW 4 to be able to go to different places in Copenhagen, but also a bit outside Copenhagen to visit museums and so on. I also paid for FSD, just for three days.🤣

Just to give you an example, if you are renting a car with this technology, it relieves a lot of stress from traffic and unfamiliar rules, and it was perfect. That is a game changer as a tourist if you go to another city and book a car with this technology.

I wish Tesla could offer a day pass for FSD in a near future for these occasion.

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

A TAD demo drive in Germany, and the screen still says FSD on v14.2.2.6. No new build, no sign of the rumoured German version yet. Thanks for checking, @TADVisionDrive. Demo rides for now, my own car later, I hope 🇩🇪 https://t.co/JjzDTVykWP

[TAD Vision @TADVisionDrive]

Im Auto heißt es weiterhin „FSD“, nicht „TAD“. Drauf ist die bekannte Europa-Version v14.2.2.6, und der Fahrer bestätigt, dass es kein neues Update auf den Vorführwagen gibt. Von der deutschen Version mit 10 % Speed Offset also noch keine Spur. #Tesla #TAD #FSD

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

@TeslaNerdDE took it through wet cobbles in Aalst, parked cars inches from the mirrors, and admits a few spots got really tight. Good that he says so. Belgium has had TAD since June, I'm still on TAD Basic 🇧🇪 https://t.co/mKbUE4h0cx

[TeslaNerd DE @TeslaNerdDE]

🌧️ Regen, enge Gassen und FSD in Aalst 🇧🇪

War ne richtig spanende Fahrt, an ein paar Stellen wars echt knapp 😅

Ganzes Video auf YouTube 👉 https://t.co/goQtI3GYQR

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

A worker waves it past his paint crew on a one-lane mountain road, and it follows his hand. That's further along than I thought. Roadworks season near Leipzig would be the perfect test for this 🇸🇮 @JSkocaj https://t.co/j6Tme3bay7

[Jan Skočaj @JSkocaj]

Impressive reasoning and maneuvering by Tesla FSD (Supervised)/TAD as it interprets a worker’s hand signals and carefully navigates around a crew painting road markings on the narrow, steep mountain road leading up to the Nanos Plateau in Slovenia! 🇸🇮

@Tesla @TeslaSI @teslaeurope

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

10 of the 15 countries are in, but only about 14% of the EU population vs the 65% needed. Germany alone would lift that to roughly a third. Berlin already backs it, so it's down to the December vote 🇩🇪 @FSDWatcherDE https://t.co/p13iAycgW4

[FSD(TAD)WatcherDE @FSDWatcherDE]

☕️ Guten Morgen

Heute ist Tag 22 seit der Einigung zwischen BMV und Tesla am 6.10.

Name geändert ✅
Max. 10 % Toleranz vereinbart ✅
Zulassung in Deutschland ❌

Stand für eine TCMV Abstimmung heute:

10 von nötigen 15 Ländern haben schon genehmigt

Sie stehen für rund 14 % der EU Bevölkerung, nötig sind 65 %

Mit DE 🇩🇪 wären es schon rund 33 %

Bis zur angeblichen TCMV Sitzung am 1.12. sind es noch 34 Tage. Bestätigt ist dieser Termin aber nicht. 🤷‍♂️

Dezember ja. Aber nicht welcher oder?

#TeslaAssistedDriving

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Tesla's CFO calls FSD the key driver for demand and hints at selling cars in Europe "with some benefits" before approval. A long free trial in Germany would do it for me. Thanks @Tesla, and @NotAnFSDTracker for the recap https://t.co/UHsrgZm7fW

[Not an FSD Tracker 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @NotAnFSDTracker]

🇪🇺 On last week's Q3 call, Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja said that, based on preliminary data, Tesla believes Model Y was the number one selling battery electric car in Europe.

He called FSD "the key driver for demand". Over 75% of Q3 deliveries in North America included a paid FSD subscription sign-up, and Tesla now has over 1.7 million paid customers globally.

He also said Tesla is taking extra steps to sell certain cars in Europe "with some benefits" before broader FSD approval is obtained.

Maybe more free trials and demo rides coming to Europe soon? 👀

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Pedestrian steps off the kerb in Eindhoven and the car simply waits. Nothing flashy, and that's the point. Same kind of crossing I pass every morning on my way to work. Germany, whenever you're ready 🇳🇱 @TeslaNerdDE https://t.co/RDZ4VAhIvT

[TeslaNerd DE @TeslaNerdDE]

FSD ist gefährlich für Fußgänger, sagen die Hater. Dann schaut mal genau hin 👀

Eindhoven. Fußgänger quert. Tesla FSD Supervised wartet geduldig und lässt ihn passieren 🚶

Rücksichtsvoller als so mancher Mensch am Steuer 😏

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Hard stop before she was even visible through the bushes. Probably the wide front camera seeing more than the dashcam clip, but that's exactly the margin I'd want on my rural roads in Saxony 🇩🇰 @FSDEurope https://t.co/9d3hP4987M

[FSD in Denmark 🇩🇰 @FSDEurope]

FSD braked hard for a cyclist coming in from the right. I honestly have no idea how FSD saw her through the bushes. By the time she was actually visible, the car had almost come to a full stop. Counting photons maybe? 🤔

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

@FSDJourneyUK Same for anyone here crossing into Czechia and back. One vote, one map, and the UK gets a cleaner template too.

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

That counter is Tesla's whole fleet, mostly North American km, not Europe. And the hold-up isn't the KBA, it's the EU committee vote, December at the earliest. Berlin backs it, so let's get it done 🇩🇪 @FSDWatcherDE https://t.co/ZDfVdOOJbM

[FSD(TAD)WatcherDE @FSDWatcherDE]

Fast 27 Milliarden gefahrene Kilometer mit Tesla Assisted Driving

Davon fast 10,7 Milliarden Kilometer innerorts.

Und in Deutschland 🇩🇪 ist FSD bzw. TAD immer noch nicht zugelassen.

Das KBA muss noch immer prüfen….

#TeslaAssistedDriving

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Tesla Mag asked 28 governments the same five questions. Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland wrote back, Germany declined. Fair while it's Brussels' call, but a timeline from Berlin would've been nice 🇩🇪 @MagazineTesla https://t.co/LuLlfJX7Ki

[Tesla-mag.com @MagazineTesla]

We asked 28 European governments the same 5 questions about Tesla FSD, now called Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe.

One week later:
– 3 answered in writing: Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland
– 3 promised to answer, France by November 6
– 4 declined: Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Norway
– 14 have not replied yet

Still no date for an EU-wide vote.

@SawyerMerritt @niccruzpatane @teslaownersSV

https://t.co/BGcWrbRIey

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Six cars let in and a honk from the guy behind. I'd have closed the gap after three. Still, too polite beats the merge fights near Leipzig, where I still can't use it 🇩🇰 @FSDEurope https://t.co/dsdNlSedDp

[FSD in Denmark 🇩🇰 @FSDEurope]

FSD made way for 6 cars to join our road. Is this too much kindness, or are we just not used to polite driving anymore? Pretty sure one of the guys behind me disagreed, since I got honked at 😅

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

@p_ferragu Strong numbers, but they're North American and Tesla's own. Regulators here will ask for European data, and the ten TAD countries could deliver exactly that.

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

New Tesla data: about 9x fewer major collisions with FSD (Supervised) engaged, roughly 6M miles between them. It's North American data though. I'd love to see the same from Europe's ten TAD countries 🇪🇺 @SawyerMerritt https://t.co/ARb1aTNnvE

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Tesla has released new FSD (Supervised) safety data.

Miles per major collision:
• Teslas Driven With FSD (Supervised): 6,006,200
• Teslas Driven Manually (Active Safety Features): 2,031,221
• Teslas Driven Manually (No Active Safety Features): 845,915
• U.S. Average: 660,164

Total major collisions:
• Teslas with FSD (Supervised): 1,579
• Teslas driven manually with Active Safety: 17,775
• Teslas driven manually without Active Safety: 239
• U.S. average: 4,989,713

Total miles logged:
• Teslas with FSD (Supervised): 9,483,790,215
• Teslas driven manually with Active Safety: 36,104,958,020
• Teslas driven manually without Active Safety: 202,173,600
• U.S. drivers overall: 3,294,031,000,000

Tesla vehicles with FSD (Supervised) engaged experienced ~9x fewer major collisions than those driving without it on.

This is North America data across all road classes (highway and non-highway). The data reflects a rolling twelve-month aggregation of miles and collisions.

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Ten countries now, and the smaller ones are leading. Germany is still waiting on Brussels. Thanks for keeping the pressure on, @elonmusk, I'd love to be on the list by spring 🇩🇪 https://t.co/4f1o8T2ykZ

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Bravo to the smaller countries in Europe for moving fastest!

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Straight from Czechia into Slovakia, and the car doesn't flinch at the old border. Two small countries got there first. Hoping the EU vote puts Germany on that map too 🇨🇿🇸🇰 @robotinreallife https://t.co/n0VDY0anDC

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Rain all day, then this on the way through Brkini. That's the drive where I'd want the car on the road and me just keeping an eye on it. One day near Leipzig too 🌅 @JSkocaj https://t.co/r0h4eSe5u7

[Jan Skočaj @JSkocaj]

While testing Tesla FSD (Supervised)/Assisted Driving yesterday evening, I was treated to a stunning sunset after a rainy day! 🌅

📍 Brkini, Slovenia 🇸🇮

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Steep drops, one-car gaps and a dead end, all picked by viewers to break it. @robotinreallife calls it his scariest FSD drive yet. Watching all 32 min for every hesitation. Saxony's old towns would be the next test 🇸🇰 https://t.co/khmjKpYcEO

[Blue Lane @bluelanedrive]

Latvia makes ten, so all three Baltic states are in now. CSDD points to the lower speed tolerance and stricter driver monitoring, pretty much what Berlin asked for too. Let's get the EU vote done 🇱🇻 @teslaeurope https://t.co/XNtYbyLQtJ

[Tesla Europe, Middle East & Africa @teslaeurope]

Now approved in Latvia 🇱🇻

Rollout begins soon