Anyone who thinks the proliferation of cheap Communist...

Anyone who thinks the proliferation of cheap Communist Government subsidised Chinese EVs is a good thing for the Western world is incredibly naive.

Back in late February, U.S. President Joe Biden stated that Chinese vehicles pose “risks to our national security,” adding that “connected vehicles from China could collect sensitive data about our citizens and our infrastructure and send this data back to the People’s Republic of China. These vehicles could be remotely accessed or disabled.”

This is one of a few reasons why Biden proceeded to substantially increase tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles, but as it turns out, he isn’t the only one that sees those models as a threat to national security.

“Forget about Waiwei and Tiktok.
Think about a Chinese vehicle, and what their government could learn about our country. Let alone partial electrification – you could crash the car into anything you want, remotely,” Farley said during a recent interview with NBC News, pointing out some potential threats that Chinese vehicles could theoretically pose to America.

This isn’t the first time Farley or any Ford executive has singled out Chinese vehicles as threats, as Marin Gjaja, COO of Ford Model e, previously stated that the “size of the market in China is so big that those players are going to be in a position to go potentially dominate the world, unless we as Ford and other OEMs can respond.”

As for Farley, the CEO previously made it clear that he believes cheap Chinese EVs – specifically, the BYD Seagull, which can be purchased in China for around $10,000 new – pose a bigger threat to the company’s business than electric vehicle mandates. Farley was also inspired to pivot to cheaper, smaller EVs after visiting China a few years ago, which prompted him to create a skunkworks team led by a former Tesla exec that is currently working on a low-cost EV platform set to underpin multiple future models.