SHANGHAI — Tesla will work with international regulators to make sure information safety, CEO Elon Musk advised an business occasion in China on Friday.

Tesla, which builds automobiles for the Chinese language market in Shanghai, has been below scrutiny in China this yr over its storage and dealing with of buyer information.

Automobiles are being fitted with an ever-increasing array of sensors and cameras to help drivers however the information such gear generates has additionally raised questions on privateness and safety.

“With the fast development of autonomous driving applied sciences, information safety of automobiles is drawing extra public issues than ever earlier than,” Musk advised the World New Vitality Automobile Congress on the southern Chinese language island of Hainan through videolink.

In Could, Reuters reported that employees at some Chinese language authorities places of work had been advised to not park their Tesla vehicles inside authorities compounds on account of safety issues over car cameras.

Tesla later stated it had established a web site in China to retailer automobile information regionally.