Tesla renames 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Assisted Driving' in Europe as it chases clearance for software

‌EV-maker Tesla ​has started calling its "Full Self-Driving" feature "Tesla Assisted Driving" on its European websites, dropping a name regulators have said was misleading, as CEO Elon Musk pushes for ‌EU-wide approval for the software. The rebrand comes after Germany said on Tuesday Tesla had offered to switch to the new name. Musk has described the self-driving technology as key to the company's future growth. Tesla's FSD page for Slovakia now ‌redirects to a "Tesla Assisted Driving" page, as do pages in other European countries such as Germany, Spain and ‌the Netherlands. The US site still refers to it as "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)." A Reuters report published this week detailed how Tesla mounted a campaign to win approval for FSD in Europe, including encouraging owners and supporters to lobby national regulators for faster approvals. In September, a Norwegian Tesla ⁠owner asked ​the Norwegian Public Roads Administration ⁠whether Tesla's changes to how it described FSD addresse...