An article in the Daily Telegraph on Sunday said that a number of Cabinet officials in the United Kingdom recently issued a “warning” that Chinese electric vehicles imported to help the UK achieve zero emissions targets will allow China to “spy” on UK citizens.
Citing sources close to the UK government, the article claimed the technology embedded in these electric vehicles can be used for location data collection and making audio and video clips. One cabinet minister even suggested that Chinese EVs were vulnerable to “remote interference”.
A cross-party parliamentary group called on London to take measures to prevent the UK from losing control of the “critical infrastructure” of its car market or risk its car market being…
