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Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, an American electric car maker, appeared in the Chinese state media today to launch China.
They praised me saying,’China’s future will be great and prosperous.’
There is a wave of waves amid the recent US-China conflict.
Correspondent Kim Hee-woong from Beijing covered the report.
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This is a video of Tesla’s self-driving car presentation.
A running car shares and analyzes images and videos taken from multiple angles.
“The network predicts the path by receiving the images from the 8 cameras.”
It is a key function of an autonomous vehicle,
Having the most accumulated data is Tesla’s core competitiveness.
However, American media reported that Chinese authorities recently prohibited sensitive industrial workers, such as civil servants, soldiers, and airline companies, from riding Tesla.
That’s why the information Tesla collected could pass on to the U.S. government.
There was no official confirmation from the Chinese authorities as to whether such an order was actually made, but Musk went on to clarify shortly after the report.
[일론 머스크/테슬라 CEO (중국발전포럼)]
“If you are espionage in China or any other country, Tesla will be shut down.”
And today, two days later, I even appeared in a CCTV interview in China, claiming that China’s declaration of carbon neutrality is a great goal.
[일론 머스크/테슬라 CEO (CCTV 인터뷰)]
“I am confident that the future of China will be great. China will be the country with the greatest economic prosperity in the future.”
Musk, who is said to have a strong sense of pride, is interpreted as reflecting Tesla’s sense of crisis when he began to celebrate China.
This is Tesla’s private parking lot in downtown Beijing.
Tesla cars sold in China last year accounted for 30% of the world’s sales.
If China makes Tesla a hostage and imposes sanctions, Tesla could become like Huawei who was hit by the United States.
Huawei, which Trump imposed high-strength sanctions in the early days of the US-China trade conflict, continues to suffer.
It seems that China has begun to check Tesla in earnest for the development of its own electric vehicle industry.
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“(For vehicle defects) Tesla did not accept responsibility, so authorities summoned the person in charge. Can Tesla get out?”
Amid the intensifying conflict between the two countries since last week’s US-China talks, there were even reports that Musk may visit China in person.
This is Heewoong Kim of MBC News from Beijing.
(Video coverage: Farewell (Beijing)/ Video editing: Lee Sang-min)
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