US, EU Raise Concerns Over Chinese-Made Electric Vehicles

A motorist riding past new electric vehicles parked in a parking lot under a viaduct in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on May 22, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images

In February, the Biden administration launched a probe into Chinese-made electric vehicles, citing national security threats in its “connected vehicles” technology. In March, the European Union moved closer to imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles.

“These cars are connected to our phones, to navigation systems, to critical infrastructure, and to the companies that made them,” President Joe Biden said in a statement on Feb. 29.