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Electric Vehicles May Raise India’s Risk of Cyber-Security Breaches
- Imported components make India vulnerable, says Niti Aayog
- More local parts needed to guard against breaches: Saraswat
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India’s dependence on imported components for electric vehicles could make the country vulnerable to cyber-security breaches, according to the government’s chief policy think-tank.
India should manufacture the majority of the parts needed for its electric vehicle fleet as equipment shipped from overseas could be compromised, V.K. Saraswat, a member of the think tank, Niti Aayog, said in an interview. All of the software and at least 55 percent of the components need to be made domestically to keep electric vehicles and the grid secure.