This comes about a month ahead of the company's unveiling of its robotaxi product, "Cybercab", underpinned by the technology that helps drivers accelerate, brake and steer in cities and highways with human supervision.
CEO Elon Musk said in July Tesla was likely to get regulatory approval for FSD in both the regions by the end of the year. The billionaire said on Thursday FSD could be launched in right-hand drive markets in late first quarter or early in the April-June period.
Wall Street remains cautious about self-driving technologies due to tough regulatory oversight. Investors, however, anticipate that a potential Trump administration could expedite the regulatory process in the U.S.
"This may be easier in China, given that it's joined forces with the Chinese search giant Baidu to use its navigation system," Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Susannah Streeter said.
"It looks set to be a longer process for approval in Europe."
Shanghai, which houses one of Tesla's gigafactories, allowed 10 vehicles to carry out tests of FSD in June, paving the path for its roll out in China, where it faces competition from domestic automakers.
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