Autonomous Vehicle News
Tesla Supercharger network reaches 25K-milestone At the end of 2020, Tesla had over 20,000 charging stalls at over 2,100 Supercharging stations around the world. Now just a few months later, Tesla announced that the automaker has now 25,000 Superchargers around the world, Electrek reported. It was also unclear whether curbs applied to state agencies nationwide.While sensors and cameras that can assist driving feature in many automakers' vehicles, the people with knowledge of the matter said the restriction currently only applies to Tesla cars. Tesla now makes electric Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles in a Shanghai plant.Automakers like Tesla have been equipping more vehicles with cameras and sensors that capture images of a car's surroundings. Chief Executive Elon Musk has commented frequently on the value of the data that Tesla vehicles capture which can be used to develop autonomous driving.Days after the March ban on Tesla cars in military complexes, Musk appeared by video at a high-level Chinese forum, saying that if Tesla used cars to spy in China or anywhere, it would be shut down.Tesla said it would open a data centre in China and is developing a data platform for car owners in China.