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🇨🇳Xpeng Targets Tesla FSD Superiority by August Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng announced at Auto China 2026 in Beijing that the company aims to fully surpass Tesla's Full Self-Driving system in the Chinese market by August. He stated Xpeng's Vision Language Action (VLA) system already outperforms Tesla in certain complex driving scenarios, despite Tesla's FSD not yet receiving regulatory approval in China. The claim comes as Chinese automakers pivot from price competition toward in-house technology development, following regulatory pressure to end margin-eroding price wars. Tesla remains the only major foreign player in China's EV market and functions as the primary performance benchmark for domestic rivals. Xpeng frames China's dense urban road conditions as a training advantage it intends to leverage for expansion into Europe and Southeast Asia. With Tesla's FSD still pending Chinese regulatory clearance, any direct performance comparison remains structurally limited. #China#USA @asianomics