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Chinese electric vehicles have matured impressively, with industry insiders acknowledging the remarkable progress made in a short span. Shiauang's CEO publicly admitted that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) has effectively achieved Level 4 autonomy, with ambitions to catch up by next year. Chinese brands like BYD, Xpeng, and Nio are investing heavily in neural nets and vision-only systems, moving away from lidar-dependent architectures. This strategic pivot is fueled by China's enormous domestic market of over 31 million vehicle sales annually, many of which are electric.