Tesla has renamed its Full Self-Driving package in Europe after Germany's transport ministry said the name was misleading. In Germany the system is now called Tesla Assisted Driving. In the United States, tesla.com/fsd still sells "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" for $99 a month, and nothing in the German decision changes that.

The ministry published its statement on Oct. 6. It said the old name, "FSD – Full Self-Driving Supervised," was misleading because the system does not take over the whole driving task, and that Tesla offered the new name during talks in September. Electrek, which reported the change on Oct. 9, says Tesla's German website no longer mentions Full Self-Driving and that the old address redirects to the new page.

What Germany agreed to

Transport Minister Steffen Bilger said Germany reached a constructive agreement with Tesla and will now push for quick approval of the system across Europe. The ministry also stressed that the driver stays fully responsible for safe operation at all times, in its words "100 percent."

The deal includes a speed tolerance. The ministry and Tesla agreed the system may exceed the posted limit by up to 10%, and Germany says it will back that position in the European process. Electrek, citing Reuters, notes that the version approved in the Netherlands allows speeds up to 50% over the detected limit, so Tesla would have to change the software to meet a 10% cap.

Approval is still not final. The ministry says the case is under review at the European level, with the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the Dutch type-approval authority and Tesla involved. Electrek reports the EU vote has slipped to December at the earliest and needs 15 of 27 member states representing 65% of the EU population, with France and Sweden raising concerns about speeding.

What changes for U.S. buyers

Nothing, for now. Tesla's U.S. page describes Full Self-Driving (Supervised) as a system that will drive "almost anywhere" with active supervision, and says the currently enabled features "do not make the vehicle autonomous." The page also claims the system is seven times safer than a human driver when engaged, compared with the estimated U.S. average and attaches a footnote to that figure.

The U.S. name has been challenged in court. Electrek points to a December 2025 ruling by a California judge who called the name "unambiguously false and counterfactual," and Electrek says the new German page is largely the U.S. page with the name swapped. No change to the North American name has been announced.

The European picture

A footnote on Tesla's FSD page lists 16 markets where the supervised system is available, including the U.S., Canada, China, Mexico and, in Europe, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Croatia. Germany is not on that list. Europe is where the naming and speed rules are being tested first, and the answer there could shape how Tesla markets the system elsewhere.

For owners, the practical takeaway is simple: the U.S. page still shows the same name, the $99 monthly price and the supervision wording. What moved is the label on a European website.