Influential US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has called on US President Joe Biden to ban electric vehicles from Chinese brands.
[Chinese automaker] BYD, which recently debuted a sub-$10,000 EV called the Seagull, is reportedly looking for a factory in Mexico. That would allow it to build cars for the US market that aren't subject to the 27.5 percent tax.
I know the focus of the article is on Chinese subsidies and unfair competition. But I'm also wondering about the security of allowing any Chinese vehicles on our roads at all.
Seems like it wouldn't take much to signal every connected car to halt on our roads, thereby disabling much of our transportation infrastructure. Doesn't even have to be a Chinese car, can just be a Chinese-designed board in an American car.
Paranoid? Maybe, but: "'Bloomberg' Reporter Outlines How Chinese Microchips Infiltrated Nearly 30 U.S. Companies" www.npr.org
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