{"id":15509,"date":"2025-04-18T04:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/china-automakers-banned-from-using-autonomous\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T04:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:49:11","slug":"china-automakers-banned-from-using-autonomous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/china-automakers-banned-from-using-autonomous\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Automakers banned from using &#8216;autonomous&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has implemented stricter regulations on the advertising of driver-assistance features by automakers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/china-bans-smart-autonomous-driving-terms-vehicle-ads-2025-04-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to Reuters<\/a>, citing a transcript of a meeting between government officials and industry representatives, which prohibits the use of terms such as &#8220;autonomous driving,&#8221; &#8220;self-driving,&#8221; and &#8220;smart driving.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the updated regulations will restrict automakers from releasing software updates that enhance or modify advanced driver-assistance systems in vehicles that are already owned by customers. Instead, any upgrades or new features must undergo testing and obtain government approval before being implemented through software updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ability to update vehicle software wirelessly, a feature initially popularized by Tesla, has become a crucial aspect of competition among automakers. This capability enables them to improve or fix features in vehicles remotely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new regulations are a response to growing concerns over vehicle safety, particularly in light of incidents involving advanced driver-assistance systems that have resulted in fatal crashes. For instance, a recent incident involving a Xiaomi Su7 sedan, which caught fire after crashing into a pole just seconds after the driver took control from the ADAS, highlights the need for such measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This move also follows the introduction of Tesla&#8217;s &#8220;Full Self-Driving software&#8221; branding for its advanced driver-assistance system, which, despite its name, is not a fully autonomous system and requires a human driver to remain engaged at all times. In the Chinese market, Tesla has rebranded this feature as &#8220;Intelligent Assisted Driving.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/17\/automakers-selling-cars-in-china-banned-from-using-autonomous-driving-in-ads\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has implemented stricter regulations on the advertising of driver-assistance features by automakers, according to Reuters, citing a transcript of a meeting between government officials and industry representatives, which prohibits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[4612,100,118],"class_list":["post-15509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-adas","tag-autonomous-vehicles","tag-china"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1279964169.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}