US carmakers want Chinese cars banned. Waymo has imported 3,200 Zeekrs The Chinese car doing the most miles in America turns up with no electronics in it The Alliance for Automotive Innovation wrote to Congress this week asking for a permanent ban on Chinese connected vehicles, along with the software and hardware inside them. Three days earlier, Waymo opened public driverless service in Denver and San Diego, and in both cities the only car a passenger can ride in is built by Zeekr in Ningbo. None of that is illegal, and the reason why is the whole story. The Alliance wants a law on the books before Congress adjourns on 3 January Reuters first reported the letter on 3 September. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation speaks for most of the industry selling cars in the United States, counting General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo among its members, and its chief executive John Bozzella asked lawmakers to act before the session ends. He argued that Chinese makers are dumping subsidised vehicles with connected software and hardware around the world, and pointed at two bills sitting in committee: H.R. 10158, the Automotive National and Economic Security Act, and the Connected Vehicle Security Act. Tariffs and Commerce Department rules already keep Chinese cars out. The industry wants that turned into law a future administration cannot quietly unwind, even though Ford's own chief executive has told staff the barrier will not hold forever. Waymo's Ojai is built in Ningbo and only becomes a connected car in Mesa, Arizona The vehicle, internally the Zeekr CM1e and previously known as the RT, leaves China as what US customs treats as an incomplete rolling glider. It ships without the autonomous computer, without the sensors and without the telematics. Waymo and Magna