Tesla Speed Features Blocked
European Transport Safety Council Urges EU to Reject Tesla Speed Features
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The EU has postponed a decision on whether to extend Tesla’s supervised Full Self-Driving approval across the bloc, with a vote now unlikely before December. Ahead of further discussions, the European Transport Safety Council urged regulators to block two speed-related features: a configurable speed offset that can raise the system’s limit by as much as 50%, which the group says conflicts with UN rules, and a contextual maximum-speed function that can use nearby traffic as a reference. The dispute comes as some European countries have approved the system while others have raised safety concerns, leaving EU-wide authorization unresolved.
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ETSC said the speed-offset feature is explicitly prohibited by UN Regulation No. 171. It illustrated the effect with examples: a 50 km/h limit could become a 75 km/h maximum, while a 30 km/h limit could become 45 km/h.
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ETSC argued Tesla did not identify the speed-offset feature as requiring an exemption under the EU’s Article 39 procedure, which the group said effectively treated it as compliant with existing rules—a conclusion ETSC disputes.
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The EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles is scheduled to discuss the Dutch Article 39 request on October 6, with 25 minutes allocated to continued discussion rather than a vote.
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The Netherlands’ RDW approved Tesla’s system in April, and Belgium followed, while Sweden, France and the Czech Republic were among the countries reported to have raised concerns.
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