And worse, they can be set to explode if their speed is under 50mph

Just like Teslas.

Slightly less worrisome than your F35 or what-have-you but yes, it’s an annoying trend overall.

Similar backdoor control capabilities, usually at least officially frowned upon in Western tech companies, weren’t found in buses bought from Dutch company VDL.

Lol. Uhm. Western Europe, or western hemisphere? Either way - lol.

Now give the ability to disable them to the local unions >:)

Now picture a country getting into a conflict with China, and having them turn of the whole fleet; and given China’s historical behaviour, this is not beyond them. If there is any significant percentage of Chinese vehicles, you just gridlocked the country.