Security First at Kadena: BYD Vehicles Banned, and Other Bases May Follow
The US military in Japan has banned BYD vehicles at Kadena airbase over security concerns and extended the restrictions to delivery drivers and taxis. For sovereignty-minded readers, the question is how far this logic travels.
The US military in Japan has banned vehicles made by BYD, a Chinese electric vehicle maker, at Kadena airbase over security concerns. It said on Tuesday that the ban went into effect this week at the base, which sits on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa and is one of America's biggest overseas military bases.
The US military said the restrictions on the electric vehicles at Kadena also apply to delivery drivers and taxis. For security-first voters, that detail is telling: the ban reaches delivery drivers and taxis, not just one kind of user.
The ban has fueled speculation that similar measures could be taken at other US military facilities. The Guardian headline says the US called the vehicles an "unacceptable" risk, and for critics of open technology supply chains the Kadena decision looks like a template.
Original reporting
The Guardian
US bans vehicles from China’s BYD at Japan military base, calling them ‘unacceptable’ risk
US military says the restrictions on the electric vehicles at Kadena airbase also apply to delivery drivers and taxis One of America’s biggest overseas military bases has banned vehicles made by the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD over security concerns, the US military in Japan said on Tuesday. The ban, which went into effect this week at Kadena airbase on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, has fueled speculation that similar measures could be taken at other US military facilities as part of Washington’s crackdown on Chinese technology it suspects of being used to collect sensitive…
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- The US military in Japan banned vehicles made by Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD at Kadena airbase over security concerns.
- The US military in Japan said on Tuesday that the base had banned the vehicles.
- The ban went into effect this week at Kadena airbase.
- Kadena airbase is on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
- BYD is a Chinese electric vehicle maker.
- The US military said the restrictions on the electric vehicles at Kadena airbase also apply to delivery drivers and taxis.
- The ban has fueled speculation that similar measures could be taken at other US military facilities.
- The Guardian reports the ban is part of Washington's crackdown on Chinese technology it suspects of being used to collect sensitive…
- The Guardian headline says the US called the vehicles an "unacceptable" risk.
- Kadena airbase is one of America's biggest overseas military bases.
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