China is indeed lagging behind. New Chinese cars entering the Western market face new barriers, and no one in China has considered this issue.
Several British insurance companies and risk assessment agencies have informed Chinese automakers that new models exported to the UK must enhance their anti-theft performance to be able to drive on the road smoothly.
During testing, the assessment agencies found that some Chinese cars performed poorly in anti-hacking tests and were easily hacked by technical theft gangs.
This kind of strange problem is unlikely to have been anticipated by Chinese automakers.
After all, the term "car theft" is quite unfamiliar in China.
However, in the UK, according to official statistics, there are 11 car thefts every hour on average.
British car theft gangs not only have rich experience but also advanced technical methods, using a complete set of equipment such as relays, central control hijackers, and CAN bus hacking tools, which even high-end luxury cars cannot resist, let alone the new models just entering the market.
In contrast, the domestic Chinese market has good public security and high levels of intelligent networking, leading to extremely low gains and high risks for car theft, making it almost non-existent.
This lack of practical experience makes Chinese manufacturing appear somewhat naive when facing special market demands in the West.
No one could have imagined that Chinese cars have been surging globally, with technology so intense that the West can't catch up, but they ended up encountering a barrier in the niche area of anti-theft.
It must be said that when it comes to being stolen, China is indeed lagging behind, and it's a big lag, something we really can't compare with.
Certainly, this lag is something everyone would be happy to keep, and the West can continue to lead in this area.
Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1843390832681996/
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