Tesla adds Lithuania to Full Self‑Driving Supervised rollout

Tesla said on May 20 it expanded Full Self-Driving Supervised to Lithuania, extending a country-by-country European rollout that began in the Netherlands last month. The move makes Lithuania the second European market where Tesla says the driver-assistance system is available. Tesla’s public FSD page now lists Lithuania alongside the Netherlands and other approved markets. Tesla says the system requires active driver supervision and does not make the vehicle autonomous. ### How did Lithuania get added so quickly? Lithuania became the second European country to receive FSD Supervised after recognizing Dutch certification, according to reports citing Tesla’s May 20 announcement and Lithuanian approval steps. Electrek reported that Lithuania recognized certification from the Netherlands’ RDW regulator, allowing Tesla to extend the software after the Dutch launch. Reuters distribution through U.S. (money.usnews.com) News and other outlets also described Lithuania as following Dutch approval from last month. May 20 was the date Tesla Europe publicly announced the Lithuania rollout, according to media reports that tracked the company’s social-media post. TechCrunch said more European countries appear to be in line as Tesla expands market by market rather than through a single continent-wide approval. ### What exactly is Tesla offering in Lithuania? (electrek.co) Tesla describes Full Self-Driving Supervised as a driver-assistance package that can handle route navigation, steering, lane changes, parking and other maneuvers while the driver remains responsible for the vehicle. Tesla’s support page says the software can drive the vehicle “almost anywhere” under supervision, including on city streets, but adds that none of the features make the car fully autonomous or replace the driver. (techcrunch.com) Tesla’s global FSD page says the feature is currently available in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the Netherlands and Lithuania. The same page says activation and use depend on regulatory approval in each market. ### Why is the Netherlands central to this rollout? The Netherlands was Tesla’s first European FSD Supervised market, and the Dutch approval has become the reference point for subsequent expansion. (tesla.com) Reuters distribution and follow-on coverage said Lithuania’s clearance came after Dutch regulators approved the system last month. Electrek described that Dutch decision as the trigger for a broader European rollout path. (tesla.com) Dutch usage figures are also now central to Tesla’s case for the product in Europe. Tesla said owners in the Netherlands logged more than 15 million kilometers on FSD Supervised in 39 days, according to the story background and follow-on reporting. That figure amounts to roughly 9.3 million miles. ### What numbers is Tesla using to show scale? (money.usnews.com) Tesla’s website showed more than 10.46 billion miles driven on FSD Supervised when accessed on May 21. The company’s public materials also say its vehicles with FSD Supervised engaged experience fewer collisions than vehicles driven without it, though Tesla does not present those claims in the same way regulators or independent safety investigators do. (electrek.co) Tesla’s support materials also say the software is trained on anonymous real-world driving data from a fleet of more than six million vehicles. The company uses those figures to argue that the system improves through software updates and exposure to varied road scenarios. ### What comes next in Lithuania? Vilnius is hosting a Tesla “Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Ride-Along” event through May 31, according to Tesla’s events page for Lithuania. (tesla.com) Tesla says participants can experience the system from the passenger seat in live traffic as the company demonstrates the feature in local road conditions. Tesla’s FSD page says the software “will come to other regions in future updates,” but it does not name the next European market on the page itself. (tesla.com) TechCrunch reported on May 20 that additional countries appear to be queued as Tesla continues the rollout one jurisdiction at a time. (tesla.com)