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Tesla refers to its advanced driving system in Europe as driver assistance rather than Full Self-Driving (FSD), a naming practice that has drawn attention to the gap between the system's marketing in other markets and its regulatory classification in Europe.
In Europe, Tesla does not offer its system under the FSD name. Instead, the feature is presented as an assisted driving system, consistent with the region's stricter rules on autonomous driving claims. This means European customers encounter different terminology than buyers in markets where the "Full Self-Driving" branding is used.
The distinction is one of labeling and classification: the system sold in Europe is positioned as a driver assistance feature, meaning responsibility for the vehicle remains with the driver, rather than as a self-driving capability.
For European customers, the different naming underscores that the system does not make the vehicle autonomous. Regulatory frameworks in the region restrict how much driving automation automakers may advertise, and Tesla's use of driver assistance terminology aligns with those constraints.
The core claim — that Tesla has abandoned the FSD label in Europe and calls the system driver assistance — reflects this regulatory reality rather than a separate product discontinuation.
Tesla's system in Europe is marketed as driver assistance rather than FSD, and on that basis the claim is assessed as Mostly True.