On July 9, Beijing time, the World was held in ShanghaiAIAt the conference,TeslaThe company's Musk said in a pre-recorded video that Tesla is “very close” to developing a fully autonomous vehicle and may be able to grasp the foundation of this technology as soon as this year.

Musk reiterated that the electric vehicle manufacturer has solved most of the basic challenges of achieving L5 level autonomous driving (fully autonomous vehicles that require no human operation at all). The Tesla and SpaceX chief reiterated the goals first proposed in 2019.

“I am confident that we will have the basic features of L5 level autonomous driving this year,” Musk said. “There are no fundamental challenges.”

Tesla is working withAlphabet Inc• Waymo andGMRace like Cruise to see who can reach the top of the industry first: the first 100% driverless car. The COVID-19 pandemic has made social distance a necessity. On the one hand, it has strengthened the reasons for robot driving, and on the other hand, it has also led to the closure of laboratories and factories that are improving this technology.

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