Tesla has urged European authorities to treat its Full Self-Driving paperwork as commercially sensitive, and the Dutch vehicle authority RDW is refusing to publish the testing records for the system won't release safety-test details.
RDW approved FSD four months ago and is now pursuing EU-wide clearance, but it says disclosure would violate manufacturer trade secrets after Tesla pressed RDW to keep documentation confidential beginning in late 2024.
“I don’t see any reason why that couldn’t be public,” said Oliver Carsten, a transport-safety professor at the University of Leeds, arguing safety-testing methods and results are matters of broad public interest.
RDW told Reuters it ran its own “extensive testing” on closed tracks and public roads but has not published the methodology or performance figures that led to its conclusion that FSD is at least as safe as other driver-assistance systems.
Officials in six other European countries likewise declined to release RDW-shared data on grounds of trade secrets, and RDW’s push for EU approval could face a member-state vote that vote could happen in October.
FSD is sold as a supervised driver-assistance subscription that requires active human supervision and is a strategic product for Tesla as it seeks to regain European market share.
