Interestingly, a similar narrative was spread through China, starting several years ago. Elon Musk responds to reports of Tesla ban among China’s military over security concerns.
Furchtgott-Roth added that the outrage that was caused by the Chinese spy balloons last year would only be minimal compared to what cheap Chinese-built EVs would cause. There are also other security concerns, she said.
Plus, car manufacturers now can disable cars from remote,” she added. And then China decided to stop all the EVs in the United States?
Several domestic car companies have already stated that they will scale back EV development. Ford noted during its call this week that it will do this to eliminate some of the losses it feels from building electric vehicles.
The Biden Administration has pushed hard to encourage EV sales, and U.S. market share of electric cars is higher than ever.