China floods Britain with electric cars: Stunning images show thousands that arrived in UK on just...

Stunning images have revealed how China is flooding Britain with an army of cheap electric cars, with thousands arriving into the UK on a single ship.

But the shipment comes amid concerns that China could secretly hijack its fleet of exported motors, with security minister Tom Tugendhat last week warning that some e-vehicles could 'be easily turned into mobile intelligence gathering platforms'. READ MORE: How Chinese spies could remotely control Britain's electric cars: Warning EVs could be remotely stopped by Beijing to bring roads to a standstill and steal drivers' data - as experts warn vehicles 'could be a Trojan horse' Advertisement Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden also revealed that a top-level review is under way into whether hostile states could use e-cars as make-shift surveillance devices.

China is the world's biggest producer of electric cars and there are fears that its cheaper models could flood US, UK and European roads, with some retailing for as little as £10,000. Security minister Tom Tugendhat warned some e-cars could 'be easily turned into mobile intelligence gathering platforms'

Professor Saker made the claims in a report submitted to Parliament's National Security Strategy committee, which examines threats to the UK's economic security. more videos READ MORE: Is YOUR car spying on you? Cheap Chinese-made electric vehicles are set to go on sale in the UK, packed full of sensors that could be used to track your movements Advertisement 'If this happened on a motorway at 70mph and the automatic braking system was applied to a vehicle the traffic would simply pile in the back. If this occurred at strategic points it could gridlock cities.

Last year former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith claimed Chinese tracking devices had been installed on Rishi Sunak's official car, although Number 10 declined to comment. But there are fears some of the hi-tech gadgets inside the new generation of electric cars produced by China could be used to track people's movements

China has made strides in recent years to amp up its EV production, accounting for 69 per cent of all new global EV sales in December alone, and roughly nine million EVs sold last year compared to the US's 1.4 million sold in the nation.

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