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Tesla is preparing for a possible delay in obtaining Chinese approval for independent driving technology, as Elon Musk from Elon Musk is risked in the trade war to climb to the United States of China.

The company was told that there is no specific timetable for organizers to agree to a license to start a large -scale training for “Full Self -Driving” technology (FSD), although a previous indication that it will get the green light in the second quarter of 2025, the people with knowledge said The issue.

The license will be an important step towards Timing To be able to provide semi -independent jobs in its cars in China, a development that would enhance subscription revenues and help increase their sales in the world’s largest car market.

The system can accelerate, guidance, brakes and change corridors, but still require drivers to be alert to drivers with their hands on the wheel.

Tesla announced in September that it had planned to launch FSD technology in China and Europe in the first quarter of 2025, taking into account organizational approval.

This ambition has already slipped and is now more suspicious as US President Donald Trump participates in a trade war with China. Beijing Imposing revenge definitions On a group of American goods this month after the United States set an additional 10 percent tax on all Chinese products.

The Chinese authorities are considering using the approval of an independent driving license in Tesla as a bargaining infection in commercial negotiations with Trump, two people who have a knowledge of delay, adding that this is the main reason for keeping the permit grant.

One of the persons added that approval still could come soon, depending on how commercial negotiations evolved. But another said that some people in the company believe that quick approval is likely that there was no “large penetration or concession” in commercial conversations.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which organizes smart vehicles in China, Tesla, did not respond to the United States, Tesla China and Moses for suspension requests.

The situation explains how Musk’s document relationship with Trump, who was a major consultant and a grant, could have counterproductive results from the richest man in the world and parts of his commercial empire, including in the most important Tesla market outside the United States.

MUSK personally led EV maker Efforts to press in BeijingHe flies in a sudden meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Lee Qiang last April.

In June, Shanghai allowed the FSD test by 10 Tesla Vehicles as Seif to a broader offering throughout China, while Tesla also A deal Last year to use systems from Tech Group Baidu, which provides mobility and appointment.

However, Musk said last month that Tesla was “in part of the link” because it tried to publish FSD in ChinaStanding between the rules of strict data security in Beijing and Washington.

FSD depends on an automatic learning system that is fed by billions of video hours to train an algorithm to make leadership decisions in actual time.

“They will not currently allow us to transfer the training video outside China. Musk said in the latest profit call in Tesla,” Then the United States government will not allow us to train in China. “It is part of the impasse.”

These challenges will remain even if the FSD license is granted by the Chinese authorities.

The 2018 Musk gambling was viewed to build the largest Gigafactory in Shanghai on a wide range as an incentive for rapid expansion of the EV industry in China.

But local players have since exceeded tested at lower prices and a faster offering of luxury features. Tesla depends on FSD, which costs customers 99 dollars per month in the United States, to distinguish its cars and revive profits.

Tesla had a 4.5 percent stake in the new EV sales in China in January, according to data from the Chinese Passenger Cars Association, while the BYD supported by Warren Buffett held 27 percent and may enhance the initiative with the initiative with Advanced driver assistance system “God’s eye” This month was unveiled.

Unlike Google’s Waymo, Tesla’s FSD is still not approved in the United States for a “completely independent” operation. Musk promised that Tesla will get vehicles that are not controlled on Texas Roads by June.

However, he has a record of losing his final dates and Tesla faces US organizational investigations into the incidents involved FSD and the company’s general demands about its capabilities.

Musk admitted in July 2024 that “his predictions about achieving full leadership were optimistic in the past” before he predicted that FSD Tesla would be “better than man by the end of this year.”

Participated in additional reports from Gloria Li in Hong Kong, Winji Ding, Ryan McKino in Beijing, and they were Integaki in Tokyo and Joe Miller, Washington