BEIJING -- China has moved to sharply restrict the types of automotive data that companies can take beyond its borders, exercising greater control over a crucial factor in the competitiveness of Tesla and other global carmakers.
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China clamps down on auto data collection by Tesla and others
New rules would ban overseas transfer of road and landscape information
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A Tesla car in Shanghai. The automaker is suspected of transferring data collected by its vehicles in China to the U.S. © Reuters
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