Elon Musk meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang after skipping India visit: 'Have known each other since...'
Musk posted a picture with Qiang and said, "We have known each other now for many years, since early Shanghai days." ALSO READ: Top News Today: Elon Musk's surprise China visit, AdaniConneX securing loans, PM Modi in Karnataka and more Chinese state media reported that the Tesla CEO met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Li told Musk that Tesla's development in China could be regarded as a successful example of US-China economic and trade cooperation, Reuters reported. During his tour, Musk was expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving software and permission to transfer data overseas. The US electric vehicle maker rolled out Full Self-Driving, or FSD, the most autonomous version of its Autopilot software, four years ago.
But Tesla is yet to make it available in China, its second-largest market globally, despite customers urging it to do so. The company had reached an accord with Chinese authorities for a plant in Shanghai, its first outside the US, in 2018. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, in its report about Musk's meeting with Li, did not say whether the two had discussed FSD, or data.
Musk also met with Ren Hongbin, a government official who heads the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the organiser of the Beijing auto show, state media reported. "It is good to see electric vehicles making progress in China. All cars will be electric in the future," Musk said in a video posted on social media by a user affiliated with state media.
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