Joe Biden announced on February 29 that he would launch a review of China-made intelligent connected cars, citing "potential risks." Addressing the fact that Chinese-made cars are likely to dominate the U.S. market, and the connected operating systems that are equipped with these vehicles have the potential to collect and transmit sensitive data about U.S. citizens and infrastructure to China, posing a security risk.
On Thursday, Biden publicly said he would take action to stop Chinese-made connected cars and their trucks from entering the U.S. market. The assertion is based on the idea that the cars are equipped with connected operating systems that have the ability to collect and transmit data on U.S. citizen and infrastructure activity, which could eventually be returned to China. It is understood that the Chinese-made vehicles accused of collecting and transmitting data on Chinese citizens and infrastructure even have the ability to remotely control and prohibit operation. In view of this, the United States has decided to implement "record-breaking measures" in order to prevent imported cars from China, such as China, which are of great concern to them
Although the latest regulations have not yet identified new barriers to restrict the import of Chinese electric vehicles, it has been revealed that the U.S. Treasury Department** said that this is the first step in the strategy to fully resist the influx of Chinese electric vehicles** into the U.S. market, and this measure will also apply to new vehicles assembled by Chinese automakers in Mexico and other countries. "The emerging EV industry is important to the U.S. economy, so I will not allow the 'Chinese cars flooding the U.S. market' to happen during my management. Biden stressed.
And the White House said electric vehicles are one area where they are most worried about China's potential invasion of the U.S. and other markets. She pointed out that the current car has been integrated with the network, like a "smartphone on wheels", electric vehicles from China can collect and transmit sensitive data of U.S. citizens and infrastructure to China at any time, and these cars have the possibility of being remotely manipulated or stopped, which will pose a huge threat to the United States.
In order to further take action to ensure that "imported cars from China and other key countries cannot undermine our country's *** Biden has appointed the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct an investigation. It is reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce will convene experts from all walks of life to consult on the possible "hidden risks" of China's intelligent networked vehicles in just 60 days, and then formulate relevant regulations to deal with related problems. In addition, the Ministry of Commerce will conduct an in-depth investigation into the large-scale adoption of intelligent and connected vehicles in key countries such as China.
The review is the first of its kind by the Bureau of Industry and Security, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in response to Biden's new executive order. In addition, Biden also issued an executive order this week to protect information and communications technology in the United States from any form of threat, especially those that may be launched by foreign enemies such as China and Russia, in an attempt to better protect the private information of American citizens, such as health and financial records.