ALARMING: Tests find Chinese manufacturer can manipulate electric buses in other countries

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From Breitbart: Safety tests by a public transport operator in Oslo, Norway, conducted have raised grave concerns over Chinese electric buses.

The operator known as Ruter conducted secret trials a few months ago on an electric bus from a European manufacturer and one from China’s Yutong to determine if there were cybersecurity threats, MENAFN reported Wednesday.

The European bus remained secure but the Chinese-made one had the ability to be manipulated by its manufacturer.

The manufacturer has access to buses’ software, diagnostics, and battery control systems, therefore the manufacturer could stop or render the vehicle unusable, Ruter explained.

The report quotes Arild Tjomsland, a special advisor at the University of South-Eastern Norway who assisted with the tests, as warning, “The Chinese bus can be stopped, turned off, or receive updates that can destroy the technology that the bus needs to operate normally.”

Ruter CEO Bernt Reitan Jenssen said the company is collaborating with authorities to reinforce cybersecurity measures, according to the Menafn report.

Peter Imanuelsen, a journalist in Sweden, commented on the report, writing, “CAN’T MAKE IT UP. Norway has ordered in over 1200 electric busses from China to be more environmentally friendly. But now it’s been revealed the busses can be remotely operated from China. They can remotely send diagnostics, do software updates and cut the battery power. And busses are in the strategic plan for evacuations in Norway if needed. But now the busses can be shut down remotely. Incredible, how did politicians not think about this?”

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