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In late April, Lin Bin, co-founder of Xiaomi, tested Tesla’s full self-driving (FSD) software V12 in the United States. In post on Chinese social media Weibo, he expressed being very impressed, stating that the driving felt “like a human driver”.
This week, Lin Bin shared a picture of a white Model Y saying “Got my hands on a Model Y, going to give FSD a good try”.
On April 26, Xiaomi‘s executive Lin Bin had described his demo drive as a human like experience.
“Started from the parking lot, went onto the highway, merged into traffic, got off the highway, went to the city, and finally returned back to the parking lot. It took more than 10 minutes to travel 10 kilometers. Although there are not many vehicles, there is no need for high-precision maps and no LIDAR, it is completely based on pure visual modeling,” he wrote.
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The version 12 of the software is “ready for supervised FSD in LHD countries,” with RHD countries (such as he UK or Japan) expected to follow suit later, according to the Tesla CEO.
“I’m very impressed. FSD feels like a human driver. Look forward to going for a test drive in a more crowded place,” Lin Bin added.
Lin Bin co-founded Xiaomi with the CEO Lei Jun in 2010 serving as President of the Group until 2019 before becoming Vice Chairman of the the Group. In late March, the tech giant launched its first EV model and has locked in over 100,000 orders according to the latest update.
Last month, chief executive of Xpeng, He Xiaopeng, reacted on Weibo to the recent developments of Tesla’s advanced assisted driving software in China. Xiaopeng predicts that the new decade will be focused on smart cars adding that Tesla has “very good autonomous driving technology”.
Tesla has recently introduced its Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) subscription service in China, priced at 699 yuan per month ($98.5). Elon Musk hinted recently at the possibility of offering full self-driving capabilities in China soon, stating “It may be possible very soon” in a recent post on X.
On Wednesday, Tesla chief executive hinted that the assisted driving software for the Cybertruck is only “a few months away”.
Written by Cláudio Afonso | Info@claudio-afonso.com | LinkedIn | X
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