Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, traveled to Beijing, China last Sunday to meet with high-level officials, including Li Qiang, the Premier of China, to seek approval for testing the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system of Tesla in the country.
Currently, Tesla has the option to use FSD in China, but the autonomous driving feature is limited in capabilities compared to other electric car competitors in the country.
One of the challenges for Tesla’s FSD service in China is that the Chinese government does not allow user data to be taken out of the country, while Musk aims to combine this data with users from other countries to further develop the system.
Elon Musk mentioned in the recent quarterly earnings call that FSD will be crucial for Tesla’s growth, requiring approval from regulatory bodies in each country. He sees China as another country where negotiations need to be successful.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
TLDR: Elon Musk visited China to seek approval for testing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system, which faces challenges due to restrictions on user data transfer in the country.
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