A report based on correspondence obtained through public records requests says Tesla provided European regulators with safety statistics for its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system that independent researchers and a Reuters review question. According to the accounts, Tesla presented self-published or company-produced data during its efforts to obtain wider approval for FSD in Europe, including submissions connected to regulatory processes in countries such as Sweden and the Netherlands.
Researchers cited in the reporting argue that Tesla’s methodology and presentation of the safety figures are misleading, characterizing the material as closer to marketing than rigorous safety evidence. The dispute centers on how Tesla collected and calculated the statistics and how they were framed in the documents regulators received.
In response, regulators and related parties described actions they took involving the data. One cited regulator, RDW, says it collected and validated, tested, and audited data provided by Tesla, including data gathered during testing. Reuters and other outlets report that this contrasts with critiques from outside researchers about the way the safety claims were constructed.
