The United States (US) Commerce Department proposed new rules to ban software and hardware from China for vehicles on US roads due to national concerns. The planned law would force American and other automakers to remove key Chinese software and hardware from vehicles in the country.
For your information, the Biden administration said vehicles with hardware and software from China pose an "acute" threat to national security. This includes the potential for "sabotage and surveillance, such as remotely disabling vehicles in the middle of the road." The rules will cover anything vehicles to the outside world, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular and satellite components, and automated driving systems (ADS), which allow highly autonomous vehicles to operate without a driver behind.
It also raised concerns that cameras, sensors and onboard computers could be exploited by foreign adversaries to collect sensitive data about US citizens and its infrastructure. The proposal would make the software ban effective in the 2027 model year, and the hardware ban would take effect in the 2030 model year, or January 1, 2029, for units without a model year. The US Commerce Department gave the public 30 days to comment on the proposal and expects it to be finalised by January 20, 2025.
Moreover, the rule would cover all vehicles on the road but not include agricultural or mining vehicles not used on public roads. That includes drones and trains. We have yet to confirm other details on the news. So, we should wait for more confirmation about it.
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