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Tesla on a European street at dusk with its dashboard glowing, as Europe renames Full Self-Driving to Tesla Assisted Driving

Tesla Renames Full Self-Driving to 'Assisted Driving' in Europe After German Pressure

Walk through Tesla’s European websites this weekend and you won’t find “Full Self-Driving” anymore. In Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and at least six other countries, the driver-assistance software Elon Musk has sold for years now answers to a blander name: “Tesla Assisted Driving.” The US store still lists “Full Self-Driving (Supervised).” Same software, different label — and the gap between those two pages says a lot about who Tesla is trying to please. ...

October 11, 2026 · 5 min · 983 words ·