A futuristic, silver sedan drives down a road in front of green trees.
The BYD Seal.
  • The Biden administration is initiating an investigation into foreign technology risks in American cars.
  • The investigation is primarily focused on automakers from "countries of concern" like China.
  • Chinese automaker BYD has denied plans for US expansion, but its global dominance is hard to ignore.

President Joe Biden is worried that China will use its cars to spy on Americans — and that the country could even remotely disable the cars' functions.