Musk: close to full autopilot, which is the main driving force of Tesla's market capitalization.

CTOnews.com news, June 18, June 16, Tesla CEO Elon Musk attended the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship in Paris, France, he said that Tesla is close to achieving fully self-driving cars, and self-driving is the "main driver" of the brand's market capitalization.

Tesla is the world's largest carmaker by market capitalization, with a market capitalization of about $800 billion (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 5.7 trillion yuan), but has failed to meet Musk's goal of fully self-driving for years.

"although I have said this before, I think we can solve the problem of autopilot soon." "the value of the company is mainly based on autopilot, which is really the main driver of our value," the billionaire said at the conference. "

The electric car maker says its so-called "fully self-driving" software does not make its vehicles truly self-driving and still requires driver supervision.

Earlier in the day, Musk met with French President Emmanuel Macron for the second time in more than a month, and French officials hoped to persuade Musk to choose France as the site for his next Tesla superfactory in Europe.

Musk also had lunch with Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury giant LVMH (LVMH.PA), and his two sons, Anthony and Alexander, who took turns to become the world's richest man, but has regained his status in recent weeks as luxury stocks fell and Tesla's shares rose, according to people familiar with the matter.