November 11, 2024
The US Department of Commerce is determined to ban the sale of vehicles incorporating Chinese or Russian software or hardware; the same one used to “connect” the vehicle with the outside. This connectivity provides the possibility for the driver’s mobile phone to communicate with their car, to “speak” with the traffic lights or the rest of the infrastructure (in the case of “connected” cities), or for the vehicle to receive alerts from the after-sales service of the car manufacturer. Essentially, American authorities don’t want their drivers to access any of these services through Russian or Chinese technology.
The measure responds, according to its promoters, to a growing concern for national security, as it is feared that through these advances in connectivity these foreign companies could access driver data and US infrastructure.
This restriction would concern both “connected” vehicles, i.e. those that communicate with the manufacturer’s infrastructures or platforms, and, obviously, autonomous vehicles, which circulate without a driver. Currently, the majority of new vehicles purchased in the United States fall into the connected category.
US authorities fear that if they allow this Russian or Chinese technology to proliferate in their vehicles, they could be remotely controlled and used to cause accidents.
If the measure is approved, the goal is for the new rule to come into force starting from January 20, 2025.
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