Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe

Key points

• Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) driver-assistance software is now available in Lithuania, the second European country to approve its use, as the company pushes to position itself as an AI and robotics powerhouse and not just an automaker.
• Making FSD available in Europe — which kicked off last month when the Dutch regulator RDW approved its use — is critical to Tesla’s and CEO Elon Musk’s ambitions.
• It’s also financially important for Musk, whose $1 trillion pay package is tied to hitting a number of product goals, including hitting “10 million active FSD subscriptions” by 2035. Tesla has a long way to go before it hits that 10 million subscription figure.
• The company said during its first-quarter earnings call in April that it has nearly 1.3 million paying FSD customers globally.
• Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) first launched in beta in late 2020. The advanced driver-assistance system, which still requires active driver supervision,...