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Announced a week after Musk accompanied US-China summit, after being delayed for over a year
Tesla, the electric vehicle company led by Elon Musk, is launching self-driving services in China.
US economic media CNBC reported on the 21st (local time) that Tesla announced through its official X (formerly Twitter) account that China has been added to the list of countries offering supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) service.
This increases the number of countries where FSD can be used to 10, following the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Netherlands, and Lithuania.
FSD is a technology where artificial intelligence (AI) handles driving, braking, and lane changes, and is considered Tesla's core competitiveness.
Tesla has begun emergency hiring for personnel, including Autopilot test engineers and workers, to introduce the technology in nine major Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Guangzhou.
Tesla had been trying to introduce FSD in China, considered the world's largest electric vehicle market, but had not received approval from authorities.
CEO Musk personally guaranteed in July 2024 that he would be able to obtain approval from Chinese regulators by the end of that year, but this did not materialize.
Amidst this, CEO Musk recently accompanied US President Donald Trump on a state visit to China, and approximately a week later, the news of FSD approval in China was announced.
Interest is growing as to whether Tesla, which has already lost its dominance in the Chinese market, can regain market share.
In the meantime, local companies such as Xiaomi and Xpeng (Xiaopeng) have been developing their own self-driving technologies in China.
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