Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday (File)
Tech billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk boarded a aircraft departing Beijing on Monday, an AFP journalist mentioned, after a whistlestop go to that noticed his agency win a key knowledge safety clearance from Chinese language authorities.
Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday for his second journey in lower than a 12 months to China, assembly with prime officers together with Premier Li Qiang, as he labored to spice up his firm’s fortunes on the planet’s greatest electrical automotive market.
On the identical day, Tesla’s regionally produced fashions listed among the many EVs that meet China’s knowledge safety necessities, clearing a key regulatory hurdle.
The magnate boarded his non-public jet at Beijing Capital Airport simply earlier than 1:00 pm (0500 GMT), with Chinese language state-backed flight monitoring app Utrip saying the aircraft was certain for Anchorage, Alaska.
The US electrical automotive large additionally appeared to inch nearer to authorities approval to make use of its assisted driving know-how in China by teaming up with tech titan Baidu for maps and navigation options, Bloomberg reported.
Regardless of intensifying competitors from home companies reminiscent of BYD, Teslas stay among the many greatest promoting electrical automobiles in China, however it’s making an attempt to spice up gross sales with options reminiscent of “Full Self Driving” (FSD), which must be compliant with strict knowledge and privateness legal guidelines.
The China Affiliation of Car Producers mentioned it had been testing automobiles since November 2023 with a nationwide laptop safety regulator on how they accumulate and course of knowledge, together with private data and recordings of faces outdoors the automotive.
“Amongst them, 76 fashions of six firms (BYD, Li Auto, Lotus, Hozon Auto, Tesla, and NIO) meet the 4 compliance necessities of automotive knowledge safety,” CAAM mentioned in an announcement.
Tesla’s Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y, produced at its gigantic manufacturing facility in Shanghai, have been on the listing.
The corporate’s superior assisted driving options don’t make its automobiles absolutely autonomous, and Tesla says its Autopilot and FSD capabilities are meant for use beneath driver supervision.
It sells FSD for $8,000 in america, or for a month-to-month $99 subscription.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to AFP queries about FSD in China and the reported partnership with Baidu.
Earlier this month, in response to a query on his social media platform X, Musk mentioned FSD availability in China “could also be potential very quickly”.
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