As Ford Authority reported earlier this year, with the Biden Administration (and executives like Ford CEO Jim Farley) focused on the potential security risks posed by connected Chinese vehicles, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo revealed proposed rules that would impose new restrictions on those models. However, the all-new 2024 Lincoln Nautilus – which is produced in China at the Changan Ford Hangzhou Assembly plant and imported into the U.S. – wasn’t expected to be impacted by these new rules. Now, that may no longer be the case.
According to Reuters, the U.S. Commerce Department has now proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads, which would effectively ban all of those types of vehicles from the U.S. However, this proposed rule would also require U.S. automakers to remove that same hardware and software from their vehicles in the coming years, with software restrictions beginning in 2027, followed by a hardware ban in January 2029 for the 2030 model year. For now, these rules haven’t been finalized, but if they do become law, they would apply to all on-road vehicles, though not agricultural or mining models that aren’t used on public roads, plus things like drones and trains.
Thus, this means that the proposed rule would result in automakers like Ford and General Motors being barred from exporting vehicles from China to the U.S., as Reuters reported separately after receiving confirmation from the Commerce Department. For now, the agency is taking public comments on the proposed rules during a 30-day period, so there’s still time for changes to be made to this policy, however, or there’s even the possibility that it won’t become a reality at all.
“We anticipate at this point that any vehicle that is manufactured in China and sold in the U.S. would fall within the prohibitions,” said Liz Cannon, who heads the Commerce Department’s information and communications technology office. Cannon added that GM and Ford are aware of this development, saying that “going forward,” automotive production in China for the United States market “would need to be shut down in China and moved elsewhere.”
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The sooner the better. Build em where you sell em.
That’s really stupid and xenophobic. To say nothing of economically untenable.
Absolutely
So supporting one’s country is xenophobic? Geeze, you wokesters love to stir up crap.
Good. Shouldn’t be built there anyway.
Gotta love some good old fashioned Government intervention into the markets.
China had probably the most protectionist market on the planet. Can’t feel bad for them, they force other countries to partner with local companies, them steal their IP
Not a particularly well written article. WHAT software? WHY? It’s not clear what the danger is.
It would be much better to build these in the US, but look at all of the other products we use that are built elsewhere by American manufacturers. Ford is hardly a trailblazer in this, and anyway you don’t see people making a fuss about other products made in China by US companies
Well Bruce, this is all the information that has leaked out thus far. I’m sure we’ll have more soon, and I’m sure we will also write about it.
The fear is software or embedded chip components that can be activated durning a cyberwarfare event. Thus shutting down all vehicles or systems. Sames can be said about all solar panels built in China and other Asian countries, that use Chinese hardware and software.
china is our ENEMY—-get out of china and build them here !!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will not buy any china made junk period!!!
I try to not buy things made in China also!
I guess you don’t own a cell phone
But you will have a China built cell phone.
Because all the cell phone production has moved to China.
lets be honest. you probably counldn’t afford one anyway
So when will this proposed rule take effect for the cars themselves? Is the 25 model year the end of the line for this generation Nautilus ?
Yes please
love the car hate where is made great American company should never do business in china
shame on you lincoln/ford
Better late than never, but the federal government just now figured out China is embedding surveillance technology that they can switch on/off or weaponize during a confrontation? Maybe Israel blowing up hundreds of pagers at once finally got our braintrust’s attention so that they can clearly see that a massive disbursed attack is very, very dangerous, deadly, and difficult to defend against.
They should implement this immediately and stop those vehicles from coming into the US where china has any part in the electronic supply chain. The risk to the American public is worse than most people realize. Consider all the cameras and recording equipment the newer type cars have. Well people who buy them might work on a sensitive US military base. Do we really want to take any risk, however small, that vehicle could be recording videoing anything on the inside of our military bases and transmitting it back to china?? then look at the mayhem Israel was able to cause by having tiny pagers explode this past week. What if china somehow was able to issue a remote command for entire chinese made vehicles to explode in the US? Tesla, Ford, GM and other companies must ensure any cars they sell in the US, especially, the tech heavy, electronic type with batteries, have china removed entirely from the supply chain.
It’s way past time for Americans, as a whole…regardless of our political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, start asking “where was this made” and move ourselves to buying American MADE, and NOT just American owned. We need to rebuild our economy, and the best way to build our economy is to buy USA made EVERYTHING WE CAN! And remember, it can be foreign owned, but made in America. We build a whole range of products that are not American owned but at least when we buy those, and when we buy anything American made we are keeping ourselves employed, housed, and fed!
Silly. Most if not all of the software on that vehicle is made in the US and Canada. The electronics are designed in North America as well and sourced globally like in every other car.
Software is not a tangible product and anything “designed” in North America can be hacked or reverse engineered. Software development and design are the easiest things in the world to outsource.
Based on what we’ve seen recently in Lebanon, I don’t want vehicles with Chinese software roaming our roads.
Fyi… In 1989, China placed a 25% Tariff on All North America Autos entering China. Today it’s 100%. It’s about time we started doing the same thing to the Communist.
This is honestly great news, and I hope it happens soon.
And, Ford took the Edge from Toronto, Canada, a very friendly country, and sending it to China. Bring back one of the best selling SUV’s to No. America!
We love our 2024 Ford Edge ST. Previously my wife had a 2018 Edge Titanium and that was also great! The main reason we bought the 2024 was when we heard that they were going to longer build the Ford Edge in No. America.
“they were going to longer build the Ford Edge in No. America.”
Oops.
Should have read, NO longer build the Ford Edge in No. America.
Honda, Toyota, KIA, aren’t Selling Assembled in China Cars, but we let GM and Ford.
After 63 New Fords and GMs, mostly Ford, them putting money into the Chinese Govt and families over our own is disappointing.
All of this already happened to an iconic American company in appliances and no batted an eye! GE Appliances was bought by Haier. Crazy and Sad!!!
Good to know. I definitely won’t be buying one of those!
I hope there is a plan already being worked on to build Nautilus elsewhere without interruption. The vehicle is a winner and needs to be built here to continue the momentum.