Should we worry about Chinese EVs?
The latest news from Britain's EV sector
Hello, I’m Tom Riley, and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.
Top story in today’s edition… Further to reports about state-backed hacking, I ask whether we should be worried about Chinese EVs.
Elsewhere… Fisker is still in trouble, Ofgem looks at ‘dynamic’ pricing, and BBC’s The Apprentice contestants undertake an EV challenge.
Finally, I’m going to try and get to Everything Electric on Thursday. If you want to link up, do drop me a line by replying to this email.
Should we worry about Chinese EVs?
Background: You may have noted over the past week that China has been called out as “reprehensible” by the UK government. The reason is the Chinese have undertaken a steady drumbeat of state-backed cyber attacks on UK individuals and institutions these past years. According to the National Cyber Security Centre, amongst other attacks, they accessed some 40 million British voter records. As a result, several Chinese individuals have been sanctioned by the UK.
Why is this impo…
