WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The outgoing Biden

administration plans to finalize rules next week cracking down

on Chinese vehicle software and hardware, U.S. Commerce

Secretary Gina Raimondo told Reuters.

In September, the department proposed prohibiting key

Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American

roads due to national security concerns, a move that would

effectively bar Chinese cars and trucks from the U.S. market.

"We wanted to hear from industry. We had to get it right,"

Raimondo said in an interview. "It's really important because we

don't want two million Chinese cars on the road and then

realize... we have a threat."