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Elon Musk's China Visit Unlocks Tesla's Self-Driving Potential; Here’s ALL You Need To Know
Elon Musk's China visit unlocks Tesla's self-driving potential with a possible Baidu partnership. This transaction will help overcome regulatory hurdles for data transfer for the giant company.
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Elon Musk's visit to China results in Tesla clearing regulatory barriers for self-driving
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Potential collaboration with Baidu signals a breakthrough in data compliance
Elon Musk made a surprising trip to China this week. China is known as Tesla’s second biggest market and the visit of its CEO attracted regulatory interest. Because it happened at a time when many companies are under increased scrutiny from authorities who want to ensure compliance with rules designed to prevent monopolistic behavior. However, this time there was good news for Musk. He managed to clear some crucial barriers that were preventing his company from rolling out its self-driving software in China.
Partnership with Baidu gives hope
According to reports, while in Beijing the Tesla boss discussed plans for Full Self-Driving (FSD) software deployment and the transfer of driving data abroad. But one particular deal struck during his stay could prove most significant. Word has it that Elon may have agreed with Chinese tech titan Baidu on using their mapping license to collect information about roads in China.
What it means for Musk and Tesla
This is huge for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker because data security measures had been a big stumbling block; which prevented them from launching FSD on Chinese soil despite customer interest being very high indeed. 
But all that changed once again thanks to potentially teaming up with Baidu Corporation, another company known equally well within PRC borders as beyond them too, if only they can satisfy stringent Chinese requirements about keeping personally identifiable information (PII).
Tesla's breakthrough cannot be underestimated, not just locally but globally too, where this achievement sets an example showing how best to address such concerns over national boundaries or even continents apart if necessary.
As Hu Xijin put it, “Tesla will become the first foreign car manufacturer meeting China’s localisation requirement on data storage.”
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