Overview

• Official Tesla documents detail DeepSeek as the in-car chatbot and Doubao as the voice system that can operate vehicle functions with a new “Hey, Tesla” wake word.
• The Chinese services will be hosted on ByteDance’s Volcano Engine cloud, reflecting an infrastructure partnership for the local deployment.
• In contrast to U.S. vehicles running xAI’s Grok, the China setup can interact with car controls rather than acting as a standalone assistant.
• The integration begins with the new Model YL, marking Tesla’s first China-specific AI configuration of this kind.
• Reporters said Tesla and ByteDance did not comment, and coverage notes DeepSeek is already used by rivals such as Zhejiang Geely and YD Co.