Overview
- National Assembly member Lee So-young rode in a Tesla Model S using Full Self-Driving in Seoul and described the system as close to a completed technology.
- Lee said she will encourage more South Korean leaders to experience self-driving tech after what she called the first public application of FSD in the country.
- Tesla’s Korea rollout currently supports only Model S and Model X, with Model 3 and Model Y still awaiting additional approvals tied to their import and certification status.
- Following Lee’s push, the Democratic Party expanded next year’s autonomous-driving budget to about 122.9 billion won, roughly $83 million.
- Tesla is testing driverless Robotaxis in Austin and preparing a European expansion next year, even as a California court ordered a 30-day halt to its manufacturing and sales over Autopilot and FSD marketing claims.