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All you will get out of the government being involved is automatic police access to your car's mic.

I think that's more likely to get companies to remove mics than to make them secure.

good?

I'm genuinely struggling to think of downsides in that. Surely the most 'secure' microphone is the one that doesn't exist in the first place?

People like to make phone calls and use Carplay/AA in their car.

Yes

Government aren’t exactly the privacy guys …

If you ask current EU Council, they might even pay for enabling it. For national safety, it also must be always on.

Car companies, including Hyundai, pay fines of that magnitude every few years for various issues. Yet the issues keep coming.

Isn't it quite the opposite right now?

Even attempting responsible disclosure on vulnerabilities when it comes to cars can quickly result in a gag order.

[Citation needed, but not hard to google, been discussed here before]