Tesla plans greater smart driving rollout efforts in China, report says

• Tesla plans to further deploy its driver assistance system (supervised) in China and Europe in 2025 and is awaiting regulatory approval, a Chinese media report said.
• Tesla showcased its EVs, humanoid robot, driving assistance technology, and V4 Supercharger at the ongoing 2025 World AI Conference.

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) plans to further deploy its intelligent driver assistance system (supervised) in China and Europe in 2025 and is awaiting regulatory approval, Chinese media outlet Shanghai Observer reported today.

The report did not provide further details on the deployment plans in China. In the United States, the system is known as Full Self-Driving (Supervised).

The US electric vehicle (EV) maker showcased its EV models, humanoid robot, smart driving assistance technology, and V4 Supercharger at the ongoing 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai, according to information it shared on Weibo.

Tesla expects to make its intelligent driver assistance system (supervised) available to individual users in some parts of the US by the end of this year, the Shanghai Observer report noted.

Tesla will undergo a fundamental transformation from the «pre-autonomous driving era» to the «post-autonomous driving era» in the coming years, the report said, without going into further details.

Tesla brought advanced intelligent driving features similar to FSD to its FSD subscribers in China in a software update at the end of February, although it avoided mentioning FSD.

Due to restrictions on data exports, the company used publicly available videos of Chinese roads and signs on the internet to train FSD, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in late February.

Earlier this week, Chinese automotive media outlet Dongchedi conducted a large-scale test comparing the smart driving capabilities of dozens of EV models available in China, with Tesla performing well in several categories.

Musk commented on the results on his X platform, saying that Tesla is adding data from its world simulator and test tracks to achieve better performance.

Tesla has a factory in Shanghai, one of China’s most EV-friendly first-tier cities, where it produces the Model 3 and Model Y. The city is stepping up its support for the smart driving sector.

Shanghai will deploy 500 ride-hailing vehicles for data collection, with over 10 million clips expected to be collected by year-end, Tang Wenkan, a deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, said at a forum of the 2025 World AI Conference today, according to a report by the Shanghai Securities News.

The city will establish an autonomous driving large model evaluation system to achieve mass production of end-to-end smart driving models, Tang said.

Shanghai today issued a new batch of robotaxi test licenses to companies including Baidu, Pony AI, and WeRide.