Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) reportedly presented misleading safety data to European regulators to seek approval for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system in Europe.

Independent traffic-safety researchers have taken issue with Tesla’s self-published safety statistics, which the company has been using to advocate for its FSD system, claiming it to be up to 10 times safer than human drivers, as per a Reuters report on Monday.

Upon review, Reuters said, it discovered several invalid data comparisons in Tesla’s statistics, which seemingly “inflated” its safety claims. The company has presented these exaggerated safety figures to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands, according to the report.

Tesla initiated the FSD approval process with the Dutch road regulator, RDW, in late 2024. In a letter to RDW, Tesla stated that “increased usage” of FSD “leads to safer roads,” the report said. Tesla approached Swedish regulators in April seeking approval for its FSD system, claiming vehicles using FSD can travel over seven times farther between crashes than the average U.S. human driver, it added. The presentation claimed that FSD could have prevented about 32,000 deaths and 1.9 million injuries.

Researchers told Reuters that the figures are misleading ...