Biden Administration Finalizes Rule Regarding China/Russia Tech In Cars

Beijing said it "firmly opposes" the U.S. move to effectively bar Chinese technology from smart cars in the American market.

The Biden administration finalized new rules for cracking down on Chinese and Russian made tech in connected cars.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security discovered that certain technologies that appear in connected car features, such as internet connectivity integrated into a car’s automatic driving systems, “present an undue and unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.”

The new rule prohibits the sale or importation of specific parts of hardware, as well as software for these systems, from companies with a connection to China or Russia.

The software prohibitions will take effect for model year 2027, and the hardware-related ones will take effect for the year 2030.

Beijing said it “firmly opposes” the U.S. move to effectively bar Chinese technology from smart cars in the American market, saying alleged risks to national security were “without any factual basis.”