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Monday 26 October 2026

Latvia approves Tesla Assisted Driving, 10th EU country

Latvia's road safety regulator approved Tesla's supervised driver assistance on 26 October, the 10th EU country. Owners still can't switch it on.

Arden Lux Tuesday 27 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

A Tesla Model Y in Warsaw, Poland, in July 2025, not in Latvia. Photo: Raf24 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0), cropped

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Latvia has just become the tenth European Union country to let Tesla's supervised driver assistance onto its roads. The catch? Latvian owners can't switch it on yet, and nobody has said when they'll be able to.

A white Tesla Model Y parked on a city street in Warsaw, Poland, beside other cars and black bollards — A Tesla Model Y in Warsaw, Poland, in July 2025, not in Latvia. Photo: Raf24 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0), cropped

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