Hundreds of electric buses operating in the UK, Denmark, and Norway may possess a backdoor that links directly to China. This connection, theoretically designed for software updates, grants the manufacturer theoretical access to the vehicle’s power management system. The vulnerability was confirmed last month in a hole in the ground outside Oslo.
Ruter, the transit authority for Oslo, suspected something was up. They suspected their new fleet of Yutong electric buses was more connected than advertised. To test it out, they needed a “silent” environment. So they went to the Franzefoss Mine to test a newly delivered Yutong bus from China and a three-year-old model from Dutch manufacturer, VDL.
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