Pressured by Tesla, European regulators keep 'Full Self-Driving' safety data secret

Aug 6 : Four months ago, the Netherlands approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system and has since then advocated for its adoption across the EU.But Dutch road regulator RDW won’t tell the public why it concluded the driver-assistance system is safe or how it evaluated the technology, which for years has faced regulatory investigations and lawsuits over FSD-involved crashes in the United States.Releasing such details would violate Tesla’s commercial secrets, the regulator told Reuters, echoing the automaker’s own demands on the regulator for confidentiality. Since late 2024, Tesla has pressed RDW to keep documentation about the FSD safety review secret, according to previously unreported email correspondence between the Dutch regulator and Tesla, obtained by Reuters through a public-re