There may be news that the U.S. government is introducing recent regulations to ban the usage of Chinese software and hardware in connected and autonomous vehicles for national security reasons. In actual fact, it is predicted that every one the most recent automobile models will likely be subject to the regulations, which is predicted to have significant repercussions on the worldwide automobile industry.
Citing a well-informed source, Reuters reported on the twenty first (local time) that the U.S. Department of Commerce will propose measures on the twenty second to ban the installation of Chinese corporations’ software and hardware in U.S. connected cars and self-driving cars.
The sources said that under the proposed regulations by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the import and sale of vehicles equipped with China’s major telecommunications devices or autonomous driving system software or hardware can be banned.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is proposing a ban on Chinese software for vehicles starting in 2027, and a hardware ban for vehicle models starting in early 2029 or 2030. The ban can be said to use to other adversaries, including Russia.
Latest vehicles on American roads today are considered connected cars, meaning they convey with their surroundings via a wireless network and supply features like navigation, autonomous driving, and driver assistance systems.
The Biden administration has raised concerns that Chinese corporations could collect data on American drivers and infrastructure, including roads, and that vehicles connected to the web and navigation systems could possibly be controlled from overseas.
“China’s policies could flood the American market with Chinese vehicles, posing a risk to our national security,” U.S. President Joe Biden said. “I won’t allow that to occur during my term.”
In February, President Biden ordered an investigation into whether Chinese connected automobile imports pose a national security threat. He also ordered an investigation into whether Chinese software and hardware ought to be banned.
In May, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, “If you could have tens of millions of cars on the road and their software suddenly stops working, you could possibly expect catastrophic results.” Although she added the word “theoretical,” she revealed an awareness that Chinese software and hardware installed in U.S. connected vehicles could possibly be a threat.
The U.S. government continues to strengthen restrictions on Chinese vehicles, software, and parts. The Biden administration recently announced that it will raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles from 25% to 100%, and likewise increase tariffs on electric vehicle batteries and key minerals.
Reuters predicted that Hyundai, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota would have difficulty replacing hardware and software.
These corporations cited the proven fact that “automotive production requires extensive pre-production engineering, testing and validation processes” and that “they typically can’t be easily swapped with systems or components from other suppliers.”
The Commerce Department will give the general public 30 days to comment on the measure before it becomes final, the sources said.
Meanwhile, China’s Alibaba and the US’s NVIDIA announced last week a jointly developed large-scale multimodal language model (LMM) solution for automobiles to enhance China’s autonomous driving technology.
Through this, Alibaba Cloud’s ‘QONE2-7B’ language model and ‘QONE2-VL’ vision language model will likely be integrated into the ‘NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin’ platform for autonomous vehicles. As well as, Alibaba Cloud said that its models can reduce computing costs and minimize latency when processing complex tasks in real time by utilizing NVIDIA’s model acceleration technology.
Reporter Park Chan cpark@aitimes.com
