The German Transport Minister considered the name to be misleading. In return for the change, he will support the system’s approval across the EU ahead of a vote expected by the end of the year.
Tesla has renamed its advanced driver assistance system in Europe: "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" is now called "Tesla Assisted Driving". The change follows criticism from German Transport Minister Steffen Bilger, who believed that the old name suggested that fully automated driving when the driver must remain attentive and take back control.
A compromise for European homologation
It was Tesla that proposed the new name after an exchange with the ministry last month. In return, Bilger pledged to defend the system's EU-wide approval, ahead of a vote that could take place before the end of the year. The Netherlands was the first European country to allow FSD (Supervised) in April, but a Reuters investigation says Tesla's campaign was based on flawed safety studies and that Dutch regulator RDW came under heavy pressure.
The software now manages parking, urban roads and highways, but remains the target of federal investigations and lawsuits in the United States. Tesla abandoned Autopilot, its predecessor, this year after a court ruling for misleading advertising.
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