ELECTRIC cars imported from China will help Beijing to spy on Brits, ministers have warned.
China is expected to dominate the UK market as Britain moves to hit its net zero targets with a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles being introduced in 2030.
However, government sources have expressed fears that technology embedded in the vehicles could be used to compile huge amounts of information including video footage, audio recordings and location data.
It is also feared the cars could be exposed to remote interference and even disabled.
It comes as a cross-party group of MPs warned the Government that the UK is ceding control of the “critical infrastructure” of its car market to Beijing “with all the attendant security risks”.