BEIJING —
US electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on
Tuesday it had established a site in China to store car data locally, as
automakers come under growing scrutiny over how they handle information
collected by vehicle cameras and sensors.
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Tesla said in a Weibo post that data generated by all cars
it sells in China, where it is making Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility
vehicles, would be stored in the country.
Tesla added it would expand its data center network in
China. The company’s shares were last down 0.7 percent.
China, the world’s biggest car market and the second largest
for Tesla, is drafting rules to ensure the security of data generated by
connected vehicles as their growing popularity fuels concerns about privacy and
national security.
Staff at some Chinese government offices have been told not
to park their Tesla cars inside government compounds due to security concerns
over vehicle cameras, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters last
week.
Last week, Tesla vice president Grace Tao, along with executives
at Baidu Inc and Alibaba, attended a policy discussion held by a Chinese
think-tank on data security.
Tesla is developing a platform for car owners in China that
will allow them to access data generated by their vehicles. It is also boosting
its engagement with mainland regulators and beefing up its government relations
team, sources told Reuters.
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