From today’s Detroit News on the threats posed by Connected Vehicles from China….and how would the US government use connected vehicle data any differently..
'Most cars these days are “connected” - they are like smartphones on wheels. These cars are connected to our phones, to navigation systems, to critical infrastructure, and to the companies that made them. Connected vehicles from China could collect sensitive data about our citizens and our infrastructure and send this data back to the People's Republic of China,' Biden said.
“It doesn't take a lot of imagination to think of how foreign government with access to connected vehicles could pose a serious risk to both our national security and the personal privacy of U.S. citizens,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
'It's an incredible amount of information that you think is private, but that could be being transmitted abroad,' she added, noting the private phone calls, text messages and navigation routes enabled via the software in vehicles.
The investigation is partially a response to rules against American vehicles in China. 'The PRC knows that connected vehicles are security threats ... that's why they have placed restrictions on U.S. EVs, near sensitive locations,' Raimondo said. 'You can't drive a Tesla to the airport, Beijing, for example.'