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EXPLAINED: We tried a tesla full self driving competitor from china it s better than you think | Vintage Vibes

One of Tesla’s biggest claims to fame in the US is its "full-self-driving" semi-autonomous driving software (that is not fully self-driving). However, it hasn’t ever offered it in China. Partially due to (likely) protectionist claims against Tesla that its cars didn’t meet China’s cybersecurity and data protection rules, but also because it didn’t have a mapping license to access China’s HD road data in the first place. Those two issues got sorted out when Elon Musk visited China in late April, but the whole FSD suite hasn’t been approved for use in China yet. Until then, China’s drivers are still in a “Coming soon” limbo.

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