Tesla plans to launch FSD beta version in Europe this year: Musk

Musk attended the Berlin Gigafactory Model Y delivery event on March 22, he said at the event. The company will next enter the European market, pending regulatory approval of the FSD. Additionally, Tesla plans to release the FSD Beta in Canada later this week.

“We’ve seen FSD Beta perform very well in the U.S. and will expand to the Canadian market later this week. I think we’re ready to show it to regulators in the EU,” Musk said in a statement.

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Moreover, Tesla FSD Beta v10.11 launched earlier this month with a major overhaul of advanced driver assistance systems. For example, FSD v10.11 has more accurate predictions of where other vehicles may “steer” or “merge”. Musk also pointed out that there are also major changes to Tesla’s AI in this release.

Musk estimates that Tesla is ready to present the FSD to EU regulators within two or three months. However, he also acknowledged that Tesla “has done a lot of work on the special situation in Europe. Launching a fully self-driving car in Europe, he noted, will be challenging because it’s so much more complex than in the U.S. or Canada.”

“You know, there are a lot of small differences. After all, the rules are different. But I think we may start testing (in Europe) later this year, depending on the progress of the regulatory review,” he said. “The situation in the United States It’s a little different. It’s legal by default in the U.S. and illegal in Europe, so we have to get approval in advance; in the U.S., you can do it as you see fit — more or less.”

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