Tesla approved to launch autonomous driving software in Croatia

Reuters, September 29 - Tesla said on Tuesday that its "supervised Full Self-Driving" system has been approved in Croatia and is expected to be fully rolled out in the country soon, thus joining the growing number of European nations that have authorized the technology.

• The Dutch regulator RDW approved the system in April, followed by Belgium and several other countries. Neighboring Slovenia also approved the system earlier this month.

• RDW has also proposed EU-wide approval for the software. However, a safety organization and several EU member states have raised concerns about the system potentially exceeding speed limits.

• This issue has become one of the most controversial aspects of Tesla's efforts to promote FSD in Europe. Tesla says that the system is crucial for boosting sales and regaining market share amid increasing competition from Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers.

• The expected vote to allow EU-wide rollout of the software was previously postponed from October (link), and the next opportunity to decide on this seems likely to be after December.

• In order to launch the feature EU-wide, support from a "qualified majority" of 15 out of the 27 EU member states is required, with their combined population accounting for 65% of the total EU population.

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