Tesla gets go-ahead to sell self-driving technology in Belgium


FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tesla is pictured at a dealership in Saint-Herblain near Nantes, France, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

BRUSSELS, June ⁠10 (Reuters) - Tesla Full Self-Driving ⁠supervised driver assistance software has ‌been authorised in Belgium, Annick De Ridder, the transport minister of ​Flanders region said ⁠on Wednesday in ⁠a post on X.

"I just ⁠signed the ‌approval," she said in a post ⁠on X featuring a picture ​of ‌an official signed document.

The approval ⁠allows Tesla ​to roll out its technology after the company ⁠successfully carried out a ​series of tests in the country, she said. Authorisations granted in ⁠one of the three Belgian regions are valid in all the country's territories.

Belgium ​is the third ⁠country in the EU to ​do so after ‌the Netherlands and ​Lithuania.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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