Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently landed in China for a visit that surprised the electric vehicle community. But while Musk’s typical visits to China usually involve Shanghai, where Teslas’s Gigafactory Shanghaiis located, the CEO’s visit today was to the nation’s capital, Beijing. Videos taken of Musk also showed that he met with high-ranking officials right after he landed.
On Sunday local time, Chinese electric vehicle watchers observed that Musk’s private jet was en route to Beijing. Considering that Tesla’s manufacturing facilitieswere locatedin Shanghai, some EV watchers speculated that Musk might be meeting with government officials this timearound.
Elon Musk’s private plane is in Beijing. pic.twitter.com/0DKKJrpJrk
— Yan Chang (@cyfoxcat) April 28, 2024
Musk’s private jet did arrive in Beijing, and Tesla watchers reported that the CEO was soon riding in a convoy of vehicles comprised of one Tesla Model S sedan and two Tesla Model X SUVs. Later posts by industry watchers suggested that Musk’s rather sudden visit to China was in response to an invitation from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).
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NEWS: At the invitation of the China International Trade Promotion Committee, Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on the afternoon of the 28th.– Chinese International Trade Promotion Council President Ren Hongbin met with Musk to discuss the next steps of cooperation. https://t.co/QwRtcoOa71 pic.twitter.com/2dzWdGdj9O
— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) April 28, 2024
Musk,whowasaccompaniedby Tesla executives such as Tom Zhu, SVP, Automotive, and VP Grace Tao, was later seen with Ren Hongbin, the chairman of the CCPIT.Latervideos fromChinese media featuring the CEO revealed that Muskalso metwith Chinese Premier Li Qiang.Musk later shared a post about the visit on X, stating that he and the high-ranking government official had known each other since the early days of Gigafactory Shanghai.
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Elon: “I’m very happy to see the development of electric vehicles.”In addition, “all cars will be electric in China’s future.” pic.twitter.com/3i3c277CTV
— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) April 28, 2024
“Honored to meet with Premier Li Qiang. We have known each othernowfor many years, since early Shanghai days,” Musk wrote in a post on X.
Honored to meet with Premier Li Qiang.
We have known each other now for many years, since early Shanghai days. pic.twitter.com/JCnv6MbZ6W
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2024
The reason behind Musk’s seemingly sudden visit to China remains to be seen, thoughexpectations are high among industry watchers in China that the trip might be related to the highly-anticipated release of Full Self Driving (FSD) in the country.If any, thetiming of Musk’s visit seems quite interesting as news recently emerged indicating that Tesla, together withother manufacturers such as BYD,have met all data processing requirements in China.
CCTV News Broadcast: Premier Li Qiang met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Premier Li Qiang stated: Tesla’s development in China can be considered a successful example of Sino-American economic and trade cooperation. The facts have shown that equal cooperation and mutual benefit are… pic.twitter.com/C1hIxvh7N0
— Yan Chang (@cyfoxcat) April 28, 2024
Tesla hasa number ofincentives to launch FSD in Chinaat the soonest timepossible. The country is home to the world’s largest and most competitive electric vehicle market, so havingan extremelyadvanced driver-assist system like FSD (Supervised) should help Tesla gain an advantage over its rivalsin the country. Tesla China’s fleet is alsovery large,with the companynoting that it has served over 1.7 million customers in the last10years. Such a large fleet could provide a substantial amount of real-world training data for Tesla’s FSD efforts, potentially accelerating the progress of FSD even further.
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