Tesla rewrote its FSD neural network software using Transformer algorithm in 2021. Then Chinese competitors did the same with Transformer:

2022: Xpeng
2023: LI Auto, NIO, Huawei

Coincidence? I think not. All of them got cues from Tesla AI day and the progress of FSD. Fair to… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1674925159118163968

via Twitter @Ray