{"id":284185,"date":"2025-11-15T06:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284185\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:57:12","slug":"tesla-tsla-secures-xbot-approval-in-china-as-ai-drive-gathers-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284185\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla (TSLA) Secures xBot Approval in China as AI Drive Gathers Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shares in EV maker Tesla (TSLA)<\/a> were flat today<\/a> despite becoming one of the first foreign car makers to get AI<\/a> approval in China.<\/p>\n

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In total three manufacturers \u2013 Tesla, Volvo (VLVLY)<\/a> and Mercedes-Benz \u2013 have won approval to deploy AI chatbots in their vehicles in China.<\/p>\n

AI Approval<\/p>\n

The Cyberspace Administration of Beijing said it had registered the \u201cMercedes-Benz virtual assistant\u201d as a generative AI service. This followed the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration, which approved Tesla Shanghai\u2019s xBot service and Volvo\u2019s local chatbot Xiao Wo.<\/p>\n

The \u201cTesla xBot Customer Service\u201d model is designed to deliver intelligent Q&A support for Tesla owners and prospective customers. Through the service, users can obtain pre-sale, in-sale, and after-sale consultations on Tesla products, including inquiries about vehicle pricing, test-drive bookings, vehicle logistics updates, usage guidance, and charging station locations.<\/p>\n

This is significant news for Tesla, whose sales in China have been under pressure this year as a result of more intense competition from the likes of XPeng (XPEV)<\/a> and BYD (BYDDY)<\/a>. They have introduced cars that they say cost less and have longer battery ranges than Tesla motors.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s hard for Tesla as China is a key market in terms of revenues \u2013 see below:<\/p>\n

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It also has a wider significance for the growth of AI in China as it could mark an acceleration of Beijing\u2019s vetting process for AI products and services.<\/p>\n

China implemented a registration-based system for generative AI services in April 2024, requiring all such services to be officially registered before they can be offered to consumers.<\/p>\n

FSD Boost<\/p>\n

As part of this, tech titan Apple (AAPL)<\/a> has still yet to be given the green light to roll out its Apple Intelligence into iPhones in mainland China, while Tesla is waiting for the go-ahead to deploy its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software locally.<\/p>\n

According to the Cyberspace Administration of China, 611 generative AI services had been registered as of November 1.<\/p>\n

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last week that he expected its FSD to be fully approved<\/a> in China by early next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have partial approval in China, and hopefully we\u2019ll have full approval around February or March,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n

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