Tesla announced that its Full Self-Driving supervised system is now available in China after years of regulatory delays, confirming the news in an X post that listed the country among 10 markets. The launch arrives as Chinese EV makers have already rolled out their own self-driving technologies and Tesla ranked fourth in local sales during April.
Chinese EV rivals had already expanded proprietary self-driving technologies while Tesla waited.
The announcement arrives one week after Musk joined a U.S. delegation of business executives with President Donald Trump for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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