A report by a Chinese surveillance expert warned that some EV systems, with brakes and steering potential targets, could be susceptible
Groups linked to the Chinese government could control the brakes of British electric vehicles remotely, a report by a Chinese surveillance expert has suggested.
The report by Christopher Balding, who is also the founder of New Kite Data Labs, a non-profit think-tank, warned that some of the systems within electric vehicles were susceptible to being overridden remotely, with the brakes and steering potential targets.
He told The Daily Telegraph that this could easily apply in the UK in the future as the number of electric vehicles increased.
In the report titled “Chinese Automobile Surveillance Capabilities”, Mr Balding writes: “The second potential risk moves beyond simple monitoring and surveillance, such as speed, location, and direction data access, but the ability to control specific systems within the automobile.