China’s penetration of the UK economy poses a national security risk, a report by the Motor Vehicle Institute warns. It is about electric cars, which are said to be able to play the role of a Trojan horse.
Chinese cars could cripple the UK. According to the president of the British Institute for Motor Vehicles (IMI) Jim Saker, mainly electric cars represent a “serious safety problem”. The report, which the institute sent to carmakers and regulators, said there was “no way” to prevent the Chinese from remotely stopping cars at the behest of the communist regime.
“Someone sitting, for example, in Shanghai can turn off up to 300,000 cars in Europe at once, effectively paralyzing it,” Saker warns in a report from which they quote London Times.
The problem, according to the report, is that electric cars can be seen as mobile computers. In their case, although the regulatory authorities can test selected pieces for the presence of malware and spyware, it is not within their power to check every single car in this way. In addition, it cannot be guaranteed that a malicious program will not be additionally uploaded to the car. In the past, the United States and Europe dealt with the same possibility in the case of Huawei brand technologies.
The threat is growing as we approach 2030, when new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from being sold in the UK, according to IMI. The Times notes that around 30 electric vehicle manufacturers will be operating in the market at that time, most of which will be Chinese.
The Daily Telegraph reminds, that the Chinese Communist Party sees huge export potential in electric cars. At the same time, he refers to data from the Chinese government that the country has already become the largest exporter of electric cars – in the first quarter of this year alone, Chinese companies exported 1.07 million of them.
Before the invasion of Chinese electric cars he warned last week also Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares. According to him, European brands face a “brutal scenario” when they have to compete with Chinese cars that are a quarter cheaper and at the same time invest money in the electrification of their models.
The Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee recently warned that China’s intelligence apparatus is targeting Britain and pursuing its interests “aggressively and successfully”, seeking to dominate industry, including the nuclear sector.
According to Saker, Chinese automakers have better access to batteries through an agreement with CATL, the world’s largest producer of lithium batteries. China is also dominant in the production and refining of lithium because it owns a large number of mines where this raw material is mined. It also controls nine-tenths of lithium hydroxide supplies.
The institute therefore recommends that Britain delay the ban on the sale of internal combustion engines by at least five years. At the same time, the state should focus more on hydrogen cars. Their technology is not so demanding to import lithium and at the same time offers an opportunity to use the potential of cheap wind energy for environmentally friendly hydrogen production.
2023-08-02 04:01:24
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