Do you remember September 26th this year? At the 2021 World Internet Conference, Musk announced that Tesla had established a data center in China. Tesla will store all data, including personal information, in China and only transfer it with approval in extremely rare cases, such as when ordering overseas spare parts.
On October 25th, the data center construction for Tesla’s Shanghai super factory was completed, and at the same time, the Tesla Shanghai R&D innovation center was also completed and will be put into use soon.
Affected by data security, following Apple’s “Cloud on Guizhou”, Tesla’s “Cloud on Lingang” is also about to be launched. Previously, relevant departments in China have drafted a standard regulation for the management of intelligent connected vehicle data security. Tesla’s establishment of a data center in China is a response to this regulation.
The first overseas vehicle development center established by Tesla also settled in Shanghai this time, including software, hardware, electronics, materials, power, and energy engineering teams. It is reported that the development center has a total of 28 laboratories, which are currently focusing on the development of Tesla’s hardware, software, processes, and technologies in China, while undertaking application adaptation and standard testing in the Chinese market and participating in global AI and machine learning-related research and development work. Among them, the low-voltage electronics laboratory, firmware laboratory, and materials laboratory are three representative localization development teams of the development center in China.
In July this year, the Model 3/Y, equipped with locally produced motors from the Tesla Shanghai factory, began delivery. The domestically produced motor, model 3D6, has increased power to 220 kW. Tesla said that in the future, the Shanghai R&D innovation center will conduct more original development work around vehicles, charging equipment, and energy products, and develop into a comprehensive R&D center of the same scale as the US R&D center. It is not difficult for us to speculate that after the completion of the Shanghai R&D Center, Tesla will further launch products with lower prices and higher localization rates.
Sources: Tesla official
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