Autopilot disabled on the Tesla Model 3 in Europe
Tesla started delivering the Model 3 electric cars to customers in Europe. However, the driver assistance package Autopilot is disabled, even if customers have paid for the additional 5,200 euros. The reason, Tesla has not received approval.
A few Tesla customers in Europe have already received their Model 3 electric car, but the Autopilot assistance system is currently shut down. According to a Los Angeles Times report, drivers can not use the function because Tesla is waiting for approval from the Dutch regulatory authorities. Telsa announced in January 2019 that it had received type approval for the Model 3. This means that the vehicle has been cleared for sale throughout the European Union. The autopilot obviously does not belong to it. The assistance system is also sold as an option in Model S and Model X in Europe and is apparently approved there. Tesla told hopes to get approval soon, and with a bit of luck can activate autopilot in Europe starting next week.
In the EU the Model 3 is available as a two-wheel drive versions with and without a performance package. The purchase price is 40,000 euros. The version with long-distance battery costs 55,400 euros, the performance model 66,100 euros. There are also extras like a color other than black for the body (1,600 to 2,600 euros) or the interior (1,050 euros), other wheels (1,600 euros) or said autopilot for 5,200 euros.
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I just bought 10 for 4000 Euros each, not a bad deal. If Tesla refuse to supply me then I will be taking HH to court for the extra money.
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Yeah, let me add a zero .. just in case

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So, I'm not too familiar with how the EU is governed, but why is it that the Dutch regulatory authority gets to decide what happens in the rest of the EU?
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The way the EU works basically any country can block anything, which with that many countries means it's hard to push through anything (e.g. a trade agreement). The EU's general solution to this is the eurocrats do it and don't really let anyone who was actually elected know what's going on. The bureaucrats need to be *paid* to do this for you (hence EU HQ being surrounded by every big business). Clearly Tesla didn't bother to pay, and if you don't pay you don't get.
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Small typo at the end of the first paragraph.