Tesla homeowners in Sweden are taking it upon themselves to foyer for the approval of FSD-style assessments within the Metropolis of Stockholm. The homeowners’ efforts come amidst metropolis officers’ continued refusal to permit Tesla to check its autonomous driving system within the capital.
In open letters and social media posts, Tesla homeowners have urged Stockholm to rethink its stance, pointing to broader assist for FSD trials throughout Europe. However regardless of their efforts, metropolis officers seem unwilling to budge, reinforcing the capital’s hardline stance on the Elon Musk-led EV maker.
Public assist exhibits model loyalty
A gaggle of Swedish Tesla homeowners lately despatched an open letter to Stockholm leaders. Amongst them is Alexander Kristensen, who has written a letter to officers urging them to permit Tesla to check FSD within the area.
“Members of the Visitors Committee are politically appointed by the Stockholm Metropolis Council, whose mandate is set by the favored vote. Your stance—persevering with to dam a conditional pilot of FSD— is thus a political determination and absolutely topic to the citizens’s judgment within the subsequent municipal election.
“When the Metropolis prevents assessments that might validate and refine the expertise regionally, it’s perceived as hampering life-saving innovation,” the Tesla homeowners wrote.
The Swedish Transport Administration issued a response, acknowledging the Tesla homeowners’ suggestions. The Transport Administration famous that it may proceed to grant a allow for Tesla to check FSD, however the firm would nonetheless need to safe approval from native governments the place the FSD-style assessments might be performed.
Stockholm stays agency
Regardless of this, Stockholm doubled down shortly after, stating that Tesla’s FSD software program stays prohibited on metropolis roads.
“Thanks on your feedback and for taking an curiosity in site visitors points in regards to the Metropolis of Stockholm. As beforehand said, the Metropolis’s evaluation of the present software stays unchanged and our place is ready out within the opinion,” the Metropolis of Stockhom wrote.
In mild of the town’s response, some Tesla homeowners have vowed to marketing campaign in opposition to present officers within the subsequent election.
The push for FSD testing comes as Tesla faces ongoing challenges in Sweden, together with a labor dispute with unions over collective bargaining agreements. Since late 2023, the battle has resulted in strikes, blockades, and authorized battles, none of which seem near decision. Regardless of regulatory and labor headwinds, Tesla continues to broaden within the area, together with the latest set up of Superchargers in union-backed areas.
