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April 26, 2026 — Tesla has posted a new mandatory tutorial for its Assisted Driving system in Europe, and the footage appears to have been shot in Berlin, a city where the feature still cannot be activated. The video surfaced on Tesla’s Dutch support page just as Germany’s approval process remains unresolved.
The feature is known as FSD Supervised in North America but carries the Tesla Assisted Driving name in Europe. Before owners can switch it on, Tesla requires them to open the touchscreen menu, accept the user agreement, watch an instructional video and pass a short quiz.
The web version of the video runs for 1 minute and 49 seconds. The in-car version is reportedly longer. The footage opens with a hands-free drive along wide boulevards lined with modern office towers and Soviet-era apartment blocks, then moves onto a multi-lane highway. The buses, the street layout and the architecture all point to Berlin. Tesla has not officially confirmed the filming location.
The instructional portion is clear about limits. On-screen captions say Tesla Assisted Driving “requires active driver supervision and does not make the vehicle autonomous,” and that “the driver is always responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle.”
The video also walks through the control interface. A grey steering wheel icon means the system is ready. Pressing the right scroll wheel turns the icon blue, shows the words “Assisted Driving” above the speed readout, and draws a blue line along the planned path. To exit, drivers can use the brake pedal, the stalk or the steering wheel. The final frame shows two hands on the wheel.
Tesla’s support page says drivers can set a fixed percentage offset above the detected speed limit, or let the system adjust based on the traffic around it. The short web cut does not show that setting. In the longer in-car version, the offset reportedly maxes out at 10 percent. Tesla has not confirmed that figure, but it matches the limit Germany’s Transport Ministry said it agreed on with Tesla on October 6.
There are more restrictions. The system can only be engaged below 140 km/h or the posted limit, whichever is lower. If a driver ignores warnings, three or five strikeouts — depending on the vehicle — suspend the feature for about a week.
Pricing is now explicit too: €99 per month, including VAT, and only as a subscription. Tesla’s page says the feature is “not available for one-time purchase,” and subscriptions are not refunded.
That is a notable difference from Tesla’s home market. In North America, the company has historically offered FSD Supervised as both a monthly subscription and an upfront purchase. The European approach makes Tesla Assisted Driving strictly a recurring-revenue product, which could reflect the tighter regulatory environment and the expectation that the feature will keep evolving with over-the-air updates.
Currently, Tesla Assisted Driving can be activated in eight countries: the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Croatia. Everywhere else, activation is blocked. The car will even warn drivers as they approach a border into an unapproved country and then switch the system off.
Germany remains absent from that list. Berlin’s state government has said it will push for EU-wide approval, but no vote has been scheduled. Tesla has not confirmed the Berlin filming location, nor has it said whether the 10 percent cap would be applied in other markets.
Shooting the required tutorial on streets where no one can use the system yet is a strong hint. It suggests German approval is being treated as a “when,” not an “if.” The video may be sitting inside Tesla’s servers now so that the moment the switch is flipped, German owners will be able to complete the onboarding process without waiting for a new software release.
For now, German owners who want a preview will have to watch the tutorial on Tesla’s website and wait for the formal green light. The location choice, however, makes the wait look considerably shorter than it did a month ago.
