Federal agencies will now begin the process to investigate potential risks of cars from Chinese brands like BYD and Geely before they flood the domestic market.The first vehicle, a Qin Plus DM-i sedan, rolls off the assembly line at BYD's new manufacturing base on June 30, 2022 in Changfeng County, Hefei City, Anhui Province of China.– could eventually pose a significant risk to the nation by potentially collecting sensitive data about Americans and sending it back to Beijing.
“I have directed my Secretary of Commerce to conduct an investigation into connected vehicles with technology from countries of concern and to take action to respond to the risks.”“China has built enormous over capacity in this industry,” she said. In a call with reporters on Wednesday evening, Biden Administration officials, including Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said that federal authorities were not responding to any specific new threat, but that there was a “high-level concern” that foreign adversaries might be able to collect intimate information about Americans.
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