France starts tests on Tesla's self-driving tech
The transport ministry will use two vehicles to check safety and data before a possible European vote on wider approval.
- On Wednesday, French Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot authorized on-road tests of Tesla's Full Self-Driving system with two vehicles, marking a policy shift from his July refusal.
- Tabarot had previously declined the technology in July, citing insufficient progress on speed limitation and driver attention warnings as safety trade-offs requiring technical resolution.
- Following a "constructive exchange" with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday, the minister stated, "With the provision of two vehicles equipped with FSD by Tesla, we are now entering a new phase: that of on-road testing."
- Officials aim to complete test results by late September to inform a bloc-wide decision. France intends to verify data provided by Tesla and the Netherlands on French roads.
- A European bloc-wide vote on the system could occur as early as next month, following provisional approvals in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, and Lithuania earlier this year.
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Several million Tesla cars already use FSD in the United States and a number of other countries that have approved the technology like Australia, Canada and South Korea. European countries have only begun to give conditional approval to the technology, which is formally called Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised. An AI-enabled computer fed by infomation gathered from the car's cameras drives the vehicle, but the driver has sole legal responsibili…
FRANCE has approved the testing of Tesla's self-driving cars on public roads after transport minister talks with Elon Musk. In London, Uber has already launched a service with 15 robot taxis.
After refusing last July, the Minister of Transport finally gave his green light to test on the road two vehicles equipped with the supervised autonomous driving software (FSD).
After a "constructive exchange" Wednesday evening between Elon Musk and Philippe Tabarot, the Minister of Transport welcomed "a new stage" in the authorisation of this type of vehicle.
Will it be necessary to get used to seeing autonomous cars on our roads? Tests of Tesla vehicles have been allowed. Philippe Tabarot, the Minister of Transport, exchanged on this subject with Elon Musk. - A "new stage": road tests allowed in France for two autonomous Tesla cars (Transports).
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