Now, That’s Funny!

Breakfield and Burkey
3 min readMar 27, 2021
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Another amazing anecdote from you just can’t make this stuff up! China is claiming that Tesla’s nifty EVs, Electric Vehicles manufactured in China (assume Chinese oversight), are banned from the Chinese military. ZDnet article: https://zd.net/2P31Aop

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Chinese government has restricted the use of Tesla vehicles in military and key, state-owned company settings.

Military and government staff are reportedly not permitted to drive these cars into such facilities due to the worry that Tesla vehicles could be used for covert data-gathering.

Tesla vehicles, including the Model X, Model S, and Model Y, are electric vehicles (EVs) that come equipped with features including driver assistance, built-in mobile connectivity, an infotainment dashboard, cameras and sensors for driving, maps, and more.

However, the concern is that data-grabbing features — such as cameras or connectivity apps — could be used, with or without the driver’s knowledge, to obtain information on these facilities.

Paranoia

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Talk about your paranoid accusations! Here is your typical run-of-the-mill…

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