Tesla will reveal its robotaxi and robotaxi plans on August 8, 2024.
China is Tesla’s second-largest market, and trade news reports say the robotaxi could help Tesla gain market share from local carmakers.
Before the full rollout of its FSD functions, Tesla still needs to get approval to collect and transfer data that Tesla’s cars need to train its driver-assistance features. People familiar with the matter said that this issue wasn’t discussed in detail during Musk’s visit to China.
On April 20, Chinese internet firm Baidu held a news conference announcing collaborations with several companies, including Tesla, related to the launch of its advanced lane-level navigation.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, all intelligent driving systems are required to obtain a qualification before they can operate on public roads. Foreign companies need to partner with domestic companies that have obtained the license.
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If your in China and these vehicles crash and kill people, the Chinese need not let you know that. If the technology works out “well” ,well great. Dictatorships control what they let people know. Good, bad or whatever. Really new technology, be it individual tech that’s radically new, or a combination of different technologies that apply to self-driving cars are going to take some time to work the kinks out.
And we better take the time to work the kinks out. Before we let such things loose on our streets.
I wonder what Musk gave the CCP to make this happen. It really worries me.