A municipal official confirmed to local media that Shanghai’s Nanhui New Town neighborhood plans to utilize 10 Tesla cars in a Full Self-Driving (FSD) pilot program.
According to the Shanghai Observer, Nanhui New Town enables 10 Tesla cars to participate in a Full Self-Driving (FSD) test program. According to the article, Lu Sen is the director of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Administrative Committee’s statistics department.
Sen did not say when the first ten Tesla testing cars will begin trial operations. To enable FSD in China, Tesla must first register the software with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), which certifies all models marketed in China, including ADAS software.
Once Tesla wins MIIT clearance, staff will be able to test FSD on public roads, followed by authorization for Chinese users, according to the article.
Reuters has reported that Tesla is exploring licensing FSD to other Chinese manufacturers. Tesla presently provides Autopilot ADAS to consumers in China.
Tesla established a data center in Shanghai in 2021 to store and handle all data acquired by the firm in China, including Autopilot, sales data, manufacturing data, charging data, and so on.
Tesla also established an FSD operating team in Shanghai, as well as a data labeling team, and deployed engineers from its US headquarters to educate the Chinese workforce.
In April, Elon Musk said on X that Tesla FSD might be available in China soon, writing, “It may be possible very soon,” in response to a random user’s question on FSD availability in China.
