Musk Says Tesla Would Be Shut Down If Cars Used for Spying
- Comments come after Tesla EVs banned from China military areas
- Musk also said it was fortunate TikTok wasn’t closed in U.S.
The Tesla logo on the side-view camera of a Tesla Inc. Model S P100D sedan vehicle.
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Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk used an opportunity to speak to an audience in China to strenuously deny the electric carmaker would ever use a vehicle’s technology for spying.
Appearing on Saturday at the China Development Forum, a conference organized by a unit of the country’s State Council, in a session titled “The Next Disruptive Innovation?” Musk said that if Tesla ever used its cars to spy in China, or anywhere, the company would get “shut down everywhere.”