GM warns against Internet rules

General Motors is warning the Federal Communications Commission that tough rules on Internet service providers could hurt the auto industry.

“The coming years will see rapid innovation at the intersection of cars and mobile communications,” Harry Lightsey, executive director of GM’s Global Connected Consumer initiative. “By needlessly constraining the latitude our mobile network operator suppliers have in delivering their connectivity to owners of our vehicles, you would also constrain the innovations we are seeking to provide to our customers,” Lightsey wrote. GM’s opposition could give critics extra ammunition in their push to prevent the FCC from including the wireless industry.