On November 11, Finland's transport authority Traficom announced that it has approved the use of Tesla Motors (TSLA) assisted driving system on Finnish roads, allowing the company to immediately offer the feature to local customers.

This approval makes Finland yet another European country to permit Tesla's driver-supervised assisted driving technology.

Finnish regulators stated that the decision was based on recognition of a temporary vehicle-type approval previously issued by the Netherlands, with Tesla's technology cleared for use in Finland as a driver assistance system while drivers must remain attentive and supervising.

In April of this year, the Netherlands became the first European country to grant temporary approval for the system, marking a first step toward Tesla's broader rollout of the technology across the European Union.

Since then, Estonia, Croatia, Belgium and other countries have successively allowed the use of the technology.

At present, a unified EU-level approval is still awaiting a final decision.

Finland had indicated in June that it might approve Tesla's assisted driving system ahead of a unified EU decision.