EU vote on Tesla Full Self-Driving approval delayed to December

The European Union has pushed back the vote on Tesla's supervised Full Self-Driving system from its originally scheduled date of October to a later date, now projected to be in December, as per an agenda released on the EU's official website. Previously, regulators from the Netherlands (RDW) approved the system in April, with Belgium and several other countries also granting approval.

RDW is pushing for the software to receive greenlight across the entire European Union. Tesla reportedly hinted at the possibility of an EU-wide vote on October 6 in a post on September 1 through its X platform. The agenda for the October 6 meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, which comprises representatives from EU member states and the European Commission, indicates that discussions will continue on RDW's request for an Article 39 authorization.

This particular meeting is allocated only 25 minutes for the discussion. The committee has already deliberated on Tesla's request during two earlier meetings. The subsequent TCMV meeting, which will serve as the earliest potential time for a vote based on the present agenda, is scheduled for December. Achieving an EU-wide rollout necessitates securing a qualified majority of 15 out of the 27 EU member states, which collectively account for 65% of the bloc's population.

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