BEIJING, July 6 (AsianFin) -- "I think we’ll achieve full self-driving, maybe what you call four to five, I think  later this year," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said via video link on Thursday morning at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai.

According to the Society of Automotive Engineers, there are six levels of driving automation from Level zero (fully manual) to Level five (fully autonomous).  L4 cars do not require human interaction in most circumstances. On level five, the system supplier or car company is responsible for any possible car accidents.

“In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving  without human supervision,”Musk added.

The useful self-driving technology can free people from the boring driving and greatly increase the use of cars. He added that a vehicle is typically used between 10 and 20 hours a week, and if fully automated driving is achieved, the car's usage time could increase to 168 hours a week, or 24 hours a day, according to Musk.

He said Tesla is very interested in sharing and licensing its self-driving technology to other automakers.