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Tesla is giving European drivers their first hands-on look at Full Self-Driving (Supervised), with the company launching FSD ride-alongs across Italy, France, and Germany. As announced by Tesla Europe on X, the new program lets anyone sign up to experience FSD (Supervised) from the passenger seat as a Tesla employee handles the driving.
“Come experience FSD Supervised on your local roads!” Tesla Europe wrote in its post. “Ride along in the passenger seat to experience how it handles real-world traffic & the most stressful parts of daily driving, making the roads safer for all.”
According to Tesla’s official Events page, participants will be among the first in Europe to see how FSD (Supervised) behaves in real-world settings. Tesla says riders will witness how the system reacts to live traffic and handles everyday driving scenarios. Sign-ups are now open, and the program runs from December 1 through December 31, 2025. More countries are coming soon.
The timing is no coincidence. The new European ride-alongs arrive right after Tesla launched free 30-day FSD (Supervised) trials for Hardware 4 owners in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico who have never previously subscribed to the feature. Both initiatives are clearly designed to give more people seat time with Tesla’s most advanced driver-assistance system and boost adoption as the company prepares for wider availability.
Tesla also started rolling out FSD 14.2 last week, the latest version of its software. Early testers have reported a noticeable improvement in smoothness, along with major reductions in the hesitation and sudden braking behaviors seen in some earlier FSD 14 builds. With improvements accumulating quickly, Tesla is pushing harder than ever to showcase what the system can do.
FSD (Supervised) is now live in seven countries globally, having just launched in South Korea — its newest market — last week. Europe, however, remains Tesla’s biggest regulatory hurdle. The company has been working toward approval for some time, but regulators have yet to green-light the feature. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently said the company expects its first EU approval to arrive sometime in early 2026, with additional European markets to follow.
Until then, Tesla’s FSD ride-alongs offer the closest look yet at what a future European rollout could feel like — and the company is betting that experiencing the tech firsthand will accelerate its path toward broader acceptance.
