Ford and General Motors (GM) might be required to stop car imports built in China due to new rules in the United States.
An official from the US Commerce Department recently told Reuters that the new rules would affect automakers selling or building vehicles in the United States, including the Big 3: General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. On Monday, the Commerce Department proposed prohibiting critical Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads, citing national security concerns.
The rule would affect cars made in China by any automakers, including the United States’ own companies, Ford and General Motors. GM builds the Buick Envision while Ford assembles the Lincoln Nautilus in China.
“We anticipate at this point that any vehicle that is manufactured in China and sold in the US would fall within the prohibitions,” noted Liz Cannon, the head of the US Commerce Department’s information and communications technology office.
Cannon added that General Motors and Ford know the new rules and their consequences. She noted that moving forward producing vehicles for the US market “would need to be shut down in China and moved elsewhere.”
General Motors, Ford, and any other US-based automaker affected by the prohibitions have some time to comply with the new rules. The US Commerce Department’s proposal on software prohibitions will take effect in 2027 model-year units. Meanwhile the hardware ban will be effective for 2030 model year units or starting January 2029.
The US Commerce Department is giving the public 30 days to comment on its proposal, starting September 23, 2024. It hopes to finalize the proposal by January 20, 2025. The bans only cover on-road vehicles.
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