Tesla goes local in China, swapping Grok for ByteDance's Doubao LLM in smart cockpits

DIGITIMESAugust 27, 2026en

Tesla once tried to license its electrification and automated driving technologies to mainstream automakers through tech-transfer agreements, but none of those deals materialized. Today, the company is charting a different course, building out its own cloud service provider (CSP) capabilities and its Grok model while pushing into Robotaxis and Optimus humanoid robots. In China, though, regulatory reality has forced a pivot: Tesla is setting aside Grok in favor of ByteDance's localized large language model (LLM), Doubao.

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