Tesla had a 2025 to forget all around, as the company reported its first-ever decline in revenue, along with its second consecutive year of falling sales.
One of the EV maker’s biggest issues was in Europe, where the company experienced major declines in the world’s second-most-mature EV market.
More than 50% of Tesla’s revenue in 2025 came from the U.S., according to data compiled by Bull Fincher. China accounted for 22%, and the rest is attributed to “other regions,” of which Europe is the most significant.
But as bad as 2025 was for Tesla, 2026 has been a bounce-back year so far for the company in one of its most key regions.
On Wednesday, June 10, the company received more good news from the region when regulators in Belgium announced that its Full-Self Driving (supervised) technology was now officially authorized in the country.
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Tesla gets Belgium approval for FSD tech
On Wednesday, Annick De Ridder, transport minister of the Flanders region, announced on X that the country was moving forward with authorization for Tesla FSD.
“The Tesla community has been keeping a close eye on this for quite some time regarding the approval for FSD technology on our Flemish and Belgian roads,” said De Ridder. “In appreciation of your unwavering interest (and encouragement), you get the scoop here: I just signed the approval!”
Now, her decision will go to the country’s homologation department, which will notify the RDW, the country’s transportation authority. Authorizations granted in one of Belgium’s three regions are valid across all three of its territories.
This gives Tesla the green light to flip the digital switch that allows Belgian Tesla drivers to use the advanced driver assistance software.
Belgium joins the Netherlands, Estonia and Lithuania in approving FSD in Europe.
Tesla is on the road to recovery in Europe
Tesla has pulled out all the stops to turn its European sales around, including offering new, cheaper versions of the Model 3 and Model Y. After a full year of declines in 2025, the strategy appears to be paying off in 2026.
In January, Tesla sales in France reportedly declined 42% year over year. They were up in 655% in May, Reuters reported, citing AECA data. Norway, long one of the strongest EV markets with a large Tesla customer base, saw sales jump nearly 30%.
Tesla’s May European resurgence
- France – sales +655% to 5,446
- Norway – sales +29% to 3,345
- Denmark – sales +136% to 1,750
- Spain – sales +113% to 1,690
- Sweden – sales +71% to 858
Source: Reuters
Overall, electrified vehicle registrations, which include battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid models, rose about 21% in Europe and made up more than two-thirds of the region’s total registrations in April, according to the ACEA.
Battery-electric cars accounted for 19.7% of the EU market through April 2026, a 15% increase from the year prior, the ACEA says. The EU registered nearly 747,000 new BEVs through the first four months of the year, driven by strong growth in Italy, France and Germany.
Which European countries have approved Tesla FSD?
Last month, Tesla had some good news for its fans in the small European country of Estonia: Tesla FSD has been approved.
Estonia, which is sandwiched between Latvia to the south and the Gulf of Finland to the north, became the third European country to authorize use of the driver assistance tool after its Transpordiamet (Transport Administration) granted the tech approval by recognizing the same type of certification issued by the Netherlands, its fellow European Union member.
According to Teslarati, along with their approval, Estonian officials emphasized that FSD (Supervised) is classified as a Level 2 autonomy system, meaning drivers should maintain full attention, keep their hands on the wheel, and be ready to intervene.
As soon as FSD was approved in the Netherlands in April, that set the stage for the company and the Netherlands to petition the EU to make the technology legal across all member states.
A month ago, EU members heard from Dutch officials about their decision to approve FSD’s use in their country and why the rest of the EU should do the same. For FSD to be approved, committee members representing 55% of member states and 65% of their populations must vote in favor of the measure.
Tesla FSD proved popular in the Netherlands, with Tesla owners surpassing 10 million kilometers (6.2 million miles) driven using the system less than a month after its approval.
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