--- title: EU's first Level 4 self-driving highway test: Aidoptation description: Belgian startup Aidoptation has received the EU's first Level 4 autonomous driving permit, allowing it to test a fully self-driving Maserati GranTurismo... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-s-first-level-4-self-driving-highway-test-aidoptation-7t0cupfcu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EU's first Level 4 self-driving highway test: Aidoptation | daily.dev og:description: Belgian startup Aidoptation has received the EU's first Level 4 autonomous driving permit, allowing it to test a fully self-driving Maserati GranTurismo... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-s-first-level-4-self-driving-highway-test-aidoptation-7t0cupfcu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7t0CUpfCU.png og:image:alt: EU's first Level 4 self-driving highway test: Aidoptation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EU's first Level 4 self-driving highway test: Aidoptation **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Belgian startup Aidoptation has received the EU's first Level 4 autonomous driving permit, allowing it to test a fully self-driving Maserati GranTurismo Folgore on 100 km of Belgian motorways at up to 120 km/h. Unlike most robotaxi companies that rely on machine learning, Aidoptation's EdgeDrive system uses deterministic, first-principles models with no AI, making every decision traceable and auditable. A human safety driver remains present during testing. The company, founded in 2025 and rooted in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, is targeting high-speed highway emergencies rather than slow urban robotaxi use cases. The permit is seen as a milestone for European autonomous vehicle development, which has lagged behind the US and China. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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