I understand it’s an issue with the software and that it could collect data such as tracking users via GPS, but how would that information get transmitted back to the Chinese and how would they use that data? I do understand the privacy concern, but how is that a security threat for the country?
I saw an interview with the Commerce Secretary today and she said that they (the Chinese) would also have the ability to shut off EVs at will. How would that work?
A lot of people are saying the conversation is just a ruse because the American Auto Industry fears low-cost Chinese EVs. We already have section 301 tariffs in place for Chinese goods so I don’t know that I buy that argument 100%.
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They all come without side mirrors, review mirrors or turn signals if the drivers are any indication.
If they have the ability to be self driving they could just start crashing cars into things and even if they don’t they can just disable them during rush hour traffic everywhere at once and cause shutdowns that could last a few days or more. Or make the batteries catch on fire. You gotta use your imagination.
Section 889 of the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act specifically addresses this
We can’t do business with companies that use telecommunications equipment or buy telecommunications equipment that comes from china
Multi-ton boxes of steel and lithium going down the highway at 60-plus miles an hour controlled by electronics made by companies deeply beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, which is known to demand backdoors in whatever it can get away with? No, no risks here at all. /s
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