The manufacturer wants to make better use of the data generated by its vehicles in China Local law changes will also allow Tesla to transfer its Chinese data overseas Tesla does not sell its Full Self-Driving system in the country Tesla could use data from China to accelerate the development of its driver-assistance technologies and could process some data locally while sending other data overseas.
Elon Musk reportedly raised the idea of a Chinese data center during a visit to the country last month. It would definitely be a milestone for Tesla if it rolls out FSD in China and leverages the China data for algorithm training, said Yale Zhang, the managing director of consultancy firm Automotive Foresight. China had played a key role in scaling up EV production for Tesla with the Shanghai factory.