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| Elon Musk travels to China as Tesla looks to implement self-driving technology. |
Elon Musk travels to China as Tesla looks to implement self-driving technology.
Elon Musk travels to China as Tesla eyes
Implementing autonomous driving technology.
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday for an unannounced visit, where he is expected to meet top officials to discuss rolling out its full self-driving program and allowing data to be transferred overseas, a person said. Knowing about it.
Chinese state media reported that he met with Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, where he told Musk that Tesla's development in China could be considered a successful example of economic and trade cooperation between the United States and China.
Musk confirmed his meeting with the Prime Minister on Sunday through a post on the social media platform X.
Musk posted a photo with the Premier: “I am honored to meet Premier Li Qiang. We have known each other now for many years, since the early days of Shanghai.”
Musk said this month that Tesla may make FSD available to customers in China "very soon," in response to an inquiry on social media platform X.
Tesla reached an agreement with the Chinese authorities to establish a factory in Shanghai, its first outside the United States, in 2018.
The US electric car maker introduced Full Self-Driving, or FSD, the most autonomous version of its Autopilot software, four years ago, but has not yet made it available in China, its second-largest market globally, despite customers urging it to... to do that. So.
Musk's visit to China, which was first reported by Reuters, was not announced, and the person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rival Chinese automakers like Xpeng are seeking to gain an advantage over Tesla by rolling out similar programs.
The source said Musk is looking to get approval to transfer data collected in the country abroad to train algorithms for his self-driving technologies.
Since 2021, Tesla has stored all data collected by its Chinese fleet in Shanghai as required by Chinese regulators and has not transferred any of it to the United States.
Chinese broadcaster CCTV, in its report on Musk's meeting with Li, did not say whether the two discussed FSD or data.
Earlier in the day, a separate report broadcast by state radio said that Li visited the ongoing Beijing Auto Show and commented on how China's intelligent new energy vehicle sector has gained a leading market position and that the country should work hard and maintain its advantages.
Musk also met with Ren Hongbin, the government official who heads the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the organizer of the Beijing auto show, state media reported.
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