Tesla FSD Austria: TAD approval status

Austria Tesla FSD: is TAD available right now?

No. There is no customer release in Austria.

On 7 July 2026 BMIMI published a note on the Dutch Article 39 approval. They said they are following the EU committee process, and that they are not running a separate national recognition of their own.

So the tracker says Awaiting EU TCMV: No Unilateral Decision. Same idea as Spain: no national shortcut, wait for Brussels.

Nothing for Austrian owners to press yet.

Who decides in Austria

BMIMI are the federal ministry for innovation, mobility and infrastructure. Type approval questions go to Typengenehmigung@bmimi.gv.at. My regulators page also points at AustriaTech for automated driving testing.

The Dutch RDW granted a provisional approval on 10 April 2026, under Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. That is not yet an EU wide approval.

Separately, Austria have to check whether the system fits the Automatisiertes Fahren Verordnung, AutomatFahrV. BMIMI say that technical analysis is still being checked and evaluated.

So the FSD approval Austria are waiting on has two gates: the EU type approval decision, and the national AutomatFahrV fit. Neither has cleared for ordinary owners.

Timeline

Date	What happened	Source
10 April 2026	The Dutch RDW grant a provisional EU type approval for TAD (FSD), under Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.	RDW
15 April 2026	Mobility Minister Peter Hanke announces the next phase of automated mobility: amendments to the Automated Driving Ordinance and the Motor Vehicles Act for extended test operations. This is the wider Austrian framework, not a Tesla customer switch-on.	BMIMI
7 July 2026	BMIMI Infothek: Austria will not run a separate national recognition of the Dutch approval and will wait for the EU decision. AutomatFahrV analysis still under review.	BMIMI
6 October 2026	The EU Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles discuss the Dutch file again. No vote. December 2026 is now the earliest an EU wide vote can happen.	Reuters
8 October 2026	Tesla rename FSD (Supervised) to Tesla Assisted Driving in the UK and Europe. Austria is one of the markets showing the Assisted Driving brand on Tesla's site.	Not an FSD Tracker

What changes for owners

Nothing for now.

Austrian owners can't activate TAD (FSD). That includes owners whose cars already have the hardware.

Even after an EU yes vote, Austria still have the AutomatFahrV question. BMIMI haven't said the existing rules already cover it.

You stay responsible for the car. TAD (FSD) is driver assistance.

No Tesla demo rides are listed for Austria on my demo rides page.

How Austria could vote at the TCMV

Austria have not published a final voting position.

The July BMIMI note is careful. They want systems that are safe and properly tested. They also say future mobility matters to them. That's not a yes or a no.

I think Austria are waiting for the committee paper trail rather than picking a fight early. That's my read, not a published position.

December at the earliest. The committee are in no rush.

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