Switzerland
Very safe roads, a shrinking registration trend, and no route to inherit an EU approval. Switzerland would have to act on its own.
Where it sits
Tesla fleet
Cumulative registrations less attrition. No official brand-level parc is published.
New registrations
| Year | New Teslas | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,930 | — |
| 2025 | 6,446 | -28% |
| 2026 to date | 3,368 | part year |
Registrations are the yearly flow of new cars, not the fleet. The 40,000 figure above is the stock — every Tesla currently on the road. 2026 covers January to 31 August, so it is not comparable with a full year: like for like it is weak.
Road safety baseline
A safer baseline means less room for FSD to help. Switzerland is already safer than the EU average, which is why the figures here look modest next to countries with the same fleet size.
How this number is worked out
194 road deaths × 0.83 crash reduction × ( 40,000 the whole Tesla fleet ÷ 3.52M vehicles ) = 1.8 lives / year
Because FSD is blocked here, the calculation uses the whole 40,000-car fleet: this is what Switzerland is currently giving up, not what it is getting. The 83% figure is the midpoint of Tesla's published crash-rate data; the vehicle total assumes 400 vehicles per 1,000 people. Full workings on the methodology page.
Who decides
Switzerland has not recognised the Dutch type approval. Outside the EU it cannot inherit the Dutch approval at all: it has to grant its own.
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