Elon Musk traveled to Beijing and met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang. China is one of the megabillionaire’s company’s main markets.
Chinese local authorities lifted restrictions on cars Tesla. This has occurred after the arrival of the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, to Beijing for an unexpected meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. In this context, the actions of Tesla rises more than 10% in the Wall Street premarket.
Although Tesla electric cars are some of the most popular vehicles in China, they have been banned from some government-related properties due to the concern about what data the automaker can collect. Tesla announced Sunday that local Chinese authorities have lifted restrictions on its vehicles after meeting the country’s data security requirements.
Tesla’s press release did not specify which local authorities have lifted restrictions on cars. The Biden Administration announced earlier this year a investigation into whether cars imported from China They pose national security risks due to their ability to collect data about the United States and send it back to China.
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Tesla: which cars were flagged for data security flaws
The Tesla vehicles were not the only ones that exceeded data security standards. In addition to Tesla’s ‘Model 3’ and ‘Model Y’, several new energy vehicles from BYD, Nio, Li Auto and Lotus, among others, exceeded China’s data security requirements, as reported this Sunday by the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Technical Team/Emergency Response Coordination Center of China National Computer Network.
The new data security requirements for “connected vehicles” They were published in November and apply to cars that go on the market in 2022 and 2023 and that automakers voluntarily submit to inspection, according to the center.
These regulations check whether cars anonymize facial recognition data outside the vehicle, if they do not collect data from the cabin, if they process that data inside the car or if they prominently notify users of the processing of personal information, among others.
Source: Ambito
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