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Electric Vehicles: National Security

Commons · Question 18759 · Tabled 9 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Connor Rand

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the national security risks of (a) electric vehicles and (b) connected cars using (i) Chinese and (ii) Russian software.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 17 Dec 2024

The Government takes national security extremely seriously. The Department of Transport (DfT) works closely with the transport sector and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other government departments, including the Department for Science, Inn...