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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

“Last year, MPs in the United Kingdom were warned that Beijing could remotely stop electric cars manufactured in China, as relations between the two nations deteriorated.”

I don’t know what to say about all of it except comment that the world has gone to ****

This has been the case for years with anything made in China. It’s why we can’t use Chinese components for defense applications.

Originally Posted by Crowbob

My understanding is that they are activated but that you don’t have access. At least that’s the case with Toyota. It looks like connectivity has become unavoidable. I think I remember legislation a while back that caused an uproar but was soon ’forgotten’. Imbedded in all those papers you sign when buying a new car is their permission to collect and maintain data that is available to law enforcement with a warrant. Insurance companies are particularly pleased, too.

Most ECUs record telemetry data that can be used to determine speed and control application prior to a crash. It was a topic of debate even back in 2003 when I was a diesel mechanic, our diagnostic computers could pull the data but it required a warrant.