Bipartisan Legislation Announced to Ban Chinese Vehicles From American Roads

Congress is pushing to ban Chinese vehicles, warning these ‘rolling data collection devices’ threaten national security and American manufacturing.

BYD electric cars wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at a port in Yantai, in Shandong province, China, on April 18, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, announced plans to introduce bipartisan legislation to keep Chinese-connected vehicles off America’s roads.

“Every vehicle on American roads is a rolling data collection device, capturing information on location, movement, people, and infrastructure in real time, and we cannot allow Chinese vehicles or components to be a part of that system,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement on May 7.