Finland Approves Tesla's Assisted Driving System for Immediate Use on Roads

Finland's transport authority Traficom has approved Tesla's Assisted Driving system for immediate customer use on Finnish roads. The ruling permits Tesla to roll out the supervised driving software nationwide ahead of a pending European Union-wide framework requiring qualified majority backing. Traficom's clearance recognized a provisional type-approval originally granted by Dutch regulators in April, making the Netherlands the first European nation to approve the technology. Finland joins a growing group of European countries, including Estonia, Croatia, and Belgium, that have permitted the system under national frameworks.