The letter concedes as much, noting that the flood of subsidized Chinese connected vehicles hasn't reached the U.S. yet.
Read the bill the Alliance is endorsing and the answer is written into the text.
What S. 4429 actually does The Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, introduced April 29 by Sens.
The bill defines a connected vehicle to include any car originally equipped to communicate wirelessly, "regardless of whether such capability is enabled, disabled, or removed."
The bill preserves a repair-and-warranty exception for connected vehicle hardware serving vehicles with model years before 2030.