The US carmaker has passed a test of its compliance with Beijing’s data security rules thanks to a watershed decision it says could pave the way for the removal of some restrictions on the use of its cars in mainland China.
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All of this simply ‘blows my mind’. This is a huge set of developments that do show official Chinese support for Tesla regardless of national tensions between US and China. It is no accident that in some local reports he has been recently described as ‘South African’. The Agreement allows export of vehicle operations data, including that of interior cameras, to be used to improve FSD. With Baidu struggling to improve it’s own Robotaxi operations, there are obvious mutual interests. There are many more details, including official support fir the new to-be-built Megapack factory.
It is difficult to overstate these developments. However, there is no clear evidence how all this will be received in the US government. This time the official positions of both US Presidential candidates seem unlikely to support these moves. From that perspective the China approved data export and return of improved FSD functionality might not be enthusiastically supported. When combined with the pending deal to have CATL supply factory equipment to support a Tesla-owned battery factory…we can only hope all this comes to fruition as planned.
At it’s core this group of successes demonstrate spectacular success.
Don’t forget the ‘fine print’: Tesla vehicles can now enter all Chinese government compounds! Those of us who watched askance as Tesla lost those access points years ago are very much impressed! That portends a sales spike.