Tesla launches Full Self-Driving in Lithuania

Tesla rolled out Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in Lithuania on May 20, extending the driver-assistance feature to a second European market after the Netherlands. Reuters reported the move after Tesla said on X that the software was being introduced in Lithuania on Wednesday. Tesla’s Lithuania site and event pages had already been advertising supervised ride-alongs in Vilnius from April 20 through May 31. (finance.yahoo.com) The expansion gives Tesla another regulatory foothold in Europe as the company pushes its camera-based driving system market by market rather than through a single continent-wide launch. (finance.yahoo.com) TechCrunch and The Next Web both reported that other European countries could follow, though EU-wide clearance remains unresolved. (automotiveworld.com) ### When did Tesla actually launch the feature in Lithuania? May 20 is the date Tesla publicly said Full Self-Driving (Supervised) was rolling out in Lithuania. Reuters, citing Tesla’s post on X, said Lithuania became the second country in Europe to get the feature after Dutch approval last month. (finance.yahoo.com) Tesla’s own Lithuania-facing pages show the company had been preparing the market in advance. A Tesla event listing promoted “Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Ride-Along at Vilnius” running from April 20 to May 31, and a Lithuanian-language page invited users to book passenger-seat demonstrations in real traffic conditions. ### Why is Lithuania notable inside Tesla’s Europe rollout? (techcrunch.com) Lithuania is notable because it is only Tesla’s second European FSD market. Electrek reported the rollout followed Lithuania’s recognition of Dutch RDW certification, linking the move to the earlier Netherlands approval. Reuters separately described Lithuania as the second country in Europe to allow the software. (finance.yahoo.com) The Next Web reported that Greece and Belgium could be next in line, while adding that broader European approval still faces regulatory resistance from some countries. TechCrunch described the process as Tesla’s software “creeping into Europe,” reflecting a phased national rollout rather than a bloc-wide authorization. (tesla.com) ### What exactly is Tesla offering there? Tesla’s public materials in Lithuania describe the product as “Full Self-Driving (Supervised),” not an unsupervised autonomous service. The company’s event pages say riders can experience the system from the passenger seat and see how it handles real roads and complex traffic situations. (electrek.co) Impact Wealth said the rollout comes as European transportation rules remain strict on driver monitoring and accountability. The outlet also said regulators are paying closer attention to safety validation, driver monitoring and liability as self-driving systems expand onto public roads. ### How does this fit into Tesla’s wider autonomy push? (thenextweb.com) China remains one of the main missing pieces in Tesla’s FSD expansion. Automotive World reported in late April that Elon Musk had highlighted Tesla’s pending FSD approval in China, and other recent reports said regulatory hurdles there were still unresolved. Competition is also building. (tesla.com) The source briefing cited Click Oil and Gas as saying XPeng deployed what it called China’s first mass-produced robotaxi unit in Guangzhou on May 18 while Tesla was still awaiting FSD approval there, and Notebookcheck described XPeng’s GX L4 as a production-ready robotaxi aimed directly at Tesla’s camera-first approach. (impactwealth.org) ### What should readers watch next? May 31 is Tesla’s next visible Lithuania milestone because that is when the currently listed Vilnius ride-along event ends on Tesla’s events page. The next concrete signals for Europe are whether additional countries such as Belgium or Greece appear on Tesla’s local event and support pages, and whether regulators move beyond the Netherlands-Lithuania pathway already cited by Reuters and other outlets. (automotiveworld.com) (tesla.com) (electrek.co)