About 20 Democrats in the US Congress on Tuesday urged Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to address national security concerns posed by internet-connected vehicles produced by Chinese carmakers in Mexico.
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All modern cars and trucks have on board network hardware providing internet access that allows them to share data with devices both inside and outside the vehicle.
The lawmakers led by Representative Elissa Slotkin and Senator Sherrod Brown asked Sheinbaum in a letter to establish a national review and to send a delegation to the United States by early 2025 for talks.
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The US fears that China, a strategic and economic rival as well as trading partner, could use data collected by connected vehicles for surveillance or, in extreme circumstances, remotely control them through the internet and navigation systems.
“We believe that this body of data, under the control of the Chinese Communist Party, is a national security threat,” said the letter, also signed by Senators Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow and Tammy Baldwin.