Tesla assures Chinese drivers their data is stored locally

Automaker takes to social media after airport reportedly bans its EVs from parking lot

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Customers visit a Tesla showroom in Beijing. The American electric-vehicle maker says it is cooperating closely with Chinese authorities to ensure data security. © Reuters

TOMOKO WAKASUGI, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Tesla on Monday sought to assure drivers in China that their data is managed in the country, pointing to a local data center that stores information generated by its electric vehicles sold here.

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