Posted on 07/23/2026 3:37:17 AM PDT by RandFan
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a series of six nominations and seven bills on Wednesday, including a measure to limit the use of vehicles and vehicle technologies developed by foreign entities of concern on American roadways.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, and co-sponsored by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., would ban the import, sale and operation of vehicles manufactured by companies deemed “foreign entities of concern,” based in certain adversarial nations such as China. It would also ban the use of technologies developed by such countries, including Chinese-developed connected vehicle technologies, in the U.S.
“This is a very simple thing that we’re doing today, and quite frankly, I wish our allies had done this before. What we’re doing is we’re preventing a massive national security threat,” Moreno said. “Now, I don’t want anybody listening to this to worry about their automobile, but your automobiles today are roving electronic devices.”
He explained that remote accessibility technologies — including remote lock and ignition controls — are a concern when the companies that made the vehicles or technologies are deemed foreign entities of concern, or FECs.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
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The CIA’s Senator Slotkin has a freedom voting record of just 5.
https://freedomindex.us/legislator/1688/
It will be interesting to see what happens when someone tries to drive a Chinese vehicle across the Canadian border into the US.
Any system that permits an outside agency or person to control a vehicle is a potential threat to national security. Having the power to render useless any means of transportation is highly desirable, from a military standpoint. And yes, modern automobiles are giant rolling computers. We should have stopped with ‘advancements’ in vehicular technology at electronic ignition, fuel injection, and maybe air bags... (Getting to be quite the Luddite these days...)
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