Summary
- The U.S. Commerce Department is proposing to ban Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads
- This move aims to address national security concerns related to data collection by Chinese companies and potential foreign manipulation of vehicles
- The regulations would prevent testing of self-driving cars by Chinese automakers and extend to vehicle software and hardware from other U.S. foreign adversaries
- The proposal seeks to make software prohibitions effective in the 2027 model year and hardware ban in the 2030 model year