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'Could cars just be stopped?' Why the US government is blocking Chinese cars and why some want Australia to take notice (www.abc.net.au)

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The federal government is facing calls to respond to an effective ban on Chinese carmakers in the US with moves of its own.

Auto industry experts say any moves would be complicated, and risk slowing the pace of Australia's transition to electric vehicles.

The Albanese government says it is "closely monitoring" the moves in the US, and is in talks with the Biden administration about any local implications.

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[–] mfdoom 2 points 2 months ago

I'm all for reducing attack surfaces but we all know Tesla can already remotely disable their EVs and they are one of the most popular EVs in AU - so how will banning Chinese and Russian EV fix the problem? It just moves the control to another country. At least if we diversify it will take multiple countries working in unison to disable all of our vehicles hah.

One way to mitigate this is by giving customers control of the SIM cards that are installed in their cars. Manufacturers should not be allowed to preinstall SIMs! And the car should run without a SIM (no blocking of functionality). That would do more for this issue than banning chinese EVs.