Musk says Tesla would be shut down if cars used for spying


Musk attends via video link a session at the China Development Forum held in Beijing, China. He said that if Tesla ever used its cars to spy in China, or anywhere, the company would get ‘shut down everywhere’. — Reuters

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 organised 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, we would get “shut down everywhere”.

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