NEW YORK — Shares of Tesla stock rallied Monday after the electric vehicle maker's CEO, Elon Musk, paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software.met with a senior government official in the Chinese capital Sunday, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their
Although it's called FSD, the software still requires human supervision. On Friday the U.S. government’s auto safety agency said it is investigating whetherof Tesla’s Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers pay attention to the road. Tesla has reported 20 more crashes involving Autopilot since the recall, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.In afternoon trading, shares in Tesla Inc.
“We note Tesla has stored all data collected by its Chinese fleet in Shanghai since 2021 as required by regulators in Beijing,” Ives wrote in a note to investors. “If Musk is able to obtain approval from Beijing to transfer data collected in China abroad this would be pivotal around the acceleration of training its algorithms for its autonomous technology globally.”Not all hybrid cars are created equal.