Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives.
  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    They might be willing to make concessions to get him to leave the country. Ideally for us he stays there indefinitely. Nobody wants him around any more.

  • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I have a feeling this might be like the Hertz deal. A quick deal by Musk to save the stock price, but that is going to wreck Baidu in the long term.

    Edit - never mind, I actually read the article. So Tesla is licensing map data from Baidu? I wonder what caused that.

    The Modi snub seems significant. It will be interesting to see how that works out. I wonder if that was an intentional power move by China.