The Coalition on Secure Technology’s report in conjunction with the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI), Collision Course: Under-pricing Chinese EVs risks in the UK has been widely picked up in publications today such as CityAM and the Telegraph.
It warns that the Government should consider banning Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers from securing government contracts over national security and data privacy concerns.
It says suppliers suspected of having ties to China’s military-industrial complex pose a key risk due to the potential for built-in wireless components to be “weaponised”, which could even be used to gridlock British streets.
It comes as the UK government is rapidly procuring EVs for the public sector and confirmed last year that some models used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had been supplied by MG, which is owned by China’s SAIC Motor.
