Reuters-Lawmakers voice concern on Chinese autonomous vehicle firms collecting US testing data
November 16, 2023 1 min 125 words
这篇报道揭示了美国国会一组跨党派议员对中国自动驾驶企业在美国进行测试时收集敏感数据的担忧。这反映了自动驾驶技术领域的地缘政治紧张局势。议员要求10家中国公司解释其在加利福尼亚等地进行自动驾驶测试期间的数据收集做法，涉及到百度、蔚来、小鹏等知名企业。他们强调了对这些公司是否与中国共产党有财务联系的担忧，以及对测试期间是否收集美国基础设施数据的质疑。这引发了对数据隐私和国家安全的关切，也凸显了中美技术竞争中的敏感问题。在此背景下，美国交通部长彼得·布迪吉格在今年7月曾表示对中国自动驾驶公司在美国存在国家安全隐患的担忧。报道呼吁加强透明度，对于中美两国的自动驾驶合作关系提出了新的挑战。
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers raised concerns about Chinese companies collecting sensitive data while testing autonomous vehicles in the United States, according to letters seen by Reuters Thursday.
The lawmakers, including House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers and China select committee Chair Mike Gallagher, asked 10 companies - including China's Baidu (9888.HK), Nio (9866.HK), WeRide, Xpeng (9868.HK), Inceptio and Pony.ai - to answer questions by Nov. 29 on data collection practices from ongoing U.S. autonomous vehicle testing.
The letters said the companies "collect sensitive information about our citizens and their daily routines, the nation’s infrastructure, and connected technologies."