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Shaun Wilson

RARE PHOTOS: Hundreds of british buses have chinese kill switch | Vintage Vibes

Electric Yutong buses being exported from the firm’s site in Zhengzhou, in Henan province, China - (China News Service via Getty Images)

Hundreds of state-of-the-art electric buses operating across Britain could be remotely switched off by China due to a "kill switch" in their batteries, security services have discovered.

Each of the Yutong buses is fitted with an onboard SIM card to allow software updates, but the technology could potentially be used by manufacturers to interfere with the vehicle's operations.

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