Sept 5 Reuters Tesla shares rose 2.5 on Thursday after the electric automaker stuck to its plans to roll out the Full SelfDriving FSD advanced driver assistance software in China and Europe pending approval from regulators in the regions.

This comes about a month ahead of the company39;s unveiling of its robotaxi product, Cybercab, underpinned by the technology that helps drivers accelerate, brake and steer in cities and highways with human supervision.

CEO Elon Musk said in July Tesla was likely to get regulatory approval for FSD in both the regions by the end of the year. The billionaire said on Thursday FSD could be launched in righthand drive markets in late first quarter or early in the AprilJune period.

Musk39;s tendency to set aggressive deadlines has led to doubts among investors and analysts, especially after missing several optimistic targets for FSD, Semi and Cybertruck.

It also announced other features like Actually Smart Summon, FSD for the Cybertruck electric pick up truck this month and version 13 of the software requiring fewer interventions next month.

Shanghai, which houses one of Tesla39;s gigafactories, allowed 10 vehicles to carry out tests of FSD in June, paving the path for its roll out in China.

Brokerage Piper Sandler said while recent data from a community tracker on HW3 hardware 3 FSD performance might worry some car owners, it is not a major concern for Tesla investors.

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