As Ford Authority reported this past May, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently revealed that the Biden administration will issue newly proposed rules on Chinese connected vehicles very soon, citing concerns over data privacy and potential national security risks. At this time, it’s unclear what the U.S. government might propose as a way to prevent this from happening, nor what vehicles it may ultimately impact. However, the all-new 2024 Lincoln Nautilus is produced in China at the Changan Ford Hangzhou Assembly plant and imported into the U.S., raising questions as to whether or not it may be affected.
Nothing is set in stone yet, but as of now, The Blue Oval doesn’t expect these forthcoming rules to have any sort of impact on the Lincoln Nautilus, regardless. “While we are still examining the proposed rule, we don’t believe Ford and Lincoln vehicles will be impacted,” Lincoln spokesperson Kelly Wysocki explained to Ford Authority in an emailed statement.
Along with President Biden and his administration, Ford CEO Jim Farley has previously cited Chinese vehicles as a potential threat to national security, models that could theoretically collect sensitive data while on American soil and then transmit it back to that country.
True to form, a recent report found that a number of autonomous Chinese vehicles owned by companies in that country have already traveled more than two million miles on U.S. roads for testing purposes, collecting data and then transmitting it back to various companies. Equipped with cameras and geospatial mapping technology, those vehicles have collected videos, audio recordings, and location data as part of the mission to develop autonomous driving algorithms. At the moment, there is no oversight of this data, nor is it being checked or monitored by any U.S.-based federal agency.
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Not sure why China would be interested in a regular citizen in the US. One way to stop this is to just build the car here? I know software is involved but I don’t plan on using TiKTok. Must be more involved than I understand.
Ford and other manufacturing companies want to send jobs to China because labor costs are extremely low allowing them to realize substantially higher PROFITS.
Ice vehicle but I’m not buying a car made n China. I would be a buyer if it was made in America though. It sure is nice looking.
China has imposed a 40% tariff on American cars imported to their country. The US should place a 50% tariff on all Chinese made cars imported to the US.