<p>Tesla is close to achieving fully autonomous vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said during a visit to Paris on Friday, adding autonomy was the "main driver" of the brand's market value.</p>.<p>The company's shares rose by as much as 3% to their highest level in more than eight months.</p>.<p>The world's most valuable automaker, Tesla has a market capitalisation of around $800 billion, but for years has missed Musk's targets to achieve full self-driving capability.</p>.<p>"Although I've said this before, I think we will solve autonomy soon," the billionaire told the VivaTech conference.</p>.<p>"The value of the company is primarily on the basis of autonomy," Musk told the Paris event. "That's really, I think, the main driver of our value."</p>.<p>The electric car manufacturer says that what it calls "Full Self-Driving" software does not make its vehicle autonomous and requires driver supervision.</p>.<p>Earlier on Friday, Musk met French President Emmanuel Macron for the second time in just over a month. French officials are hoping to convince Musk to pick France for the construction of his next Tesla gigafactory in Europe.</p>.<p>He also had lunch with Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods giant LVMH, and two of his sons, Antoine and Alexandre, according to a source familiar with the matter.</p>.<p>Arnault and Musk have taken turns to be the world's richest person, with Musk snatching the lead in recent weeks after a sell-off in luxury and a rally in Tesla stocks.</p>
<p>Tesla is close to achieving fully autonomous vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said during a visit to Paris on Friday, adding autonomy was the "main driver" of the brand's market value.</p>.<p>The company's shares rose by as much as 3% to their highest level in more than eight months.</p>.<p>The world's most valuable automaker, Tesla has a market capitalisation of around $800 billion, but for years has missed Musk's targets to achieve full self-driving capability.</p>.<p>"Although I've said this before, I think we will solve autonomy soon," the billionaire told the VivaTech conference.</p>.<p>"The value of the company is primarily on the basis of autonomy," Musk told the Paris event. "That's really, I think, the main driver of our value."</p>.<p>The electric car manufacturer says that what it calls "Full Self-Driving" software does not make its vehicle autonomous and requires driver supervision.</p>.<p>Earlier on Friday, Musk met French President Emmanuel Macron for the second time in just over a month. French officials are hoping to convince Musk to pick France for the construction of his next Tesla gigafactory in Europe.</p>.<p>He also had lunch with Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods giant LVMH, and two of his sons, Antoine and Alexandre, according to a source familiar with the matter.</p>.<p>Arnault and Musk have taken turns to be the world's richest person, with Musk snatching the lead in recent weeks after a sell-off in luxury and a rally in Tesla stocks.</p>