Tesla’s China Deal Is A Dead End
Too little, too late.
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5 min readMay 5, 2024
Over the past few days, the media has been buzzing over Tesla’s latest deal with Baidu, China’s version of Google, and how it could save Tesla from its self-inflicted downward spiral. You see, Baidu has agreed to supply Tesla with its lane-level navigation system, enabling Tesla to obtain a mapping qualification and legally sell its Full Self Driving (FSD) system in the…