• @jackoneill
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    1310 months ago

    You already have to jump through 10,000 hoops to get a Chinese ev in America why bother

    • Ghostalmedia
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      19 months ago

      Volvo / Polestar anyone?

      Buying a Geely made Chinese EV is pretty easy now.

  • @harry_balzac
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    910 months ago

    Gotta protect domestic corporate profit margins…I mean citizens…gotta protect 'Muricans from those unsafe and affordable, I mean cheap - oh so cheaply made unlike Ford or GM or the others, Chinese electric vehicles.

  • JJROKCZ
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    810 months ago

    We don’t even receive the Chinese models here? That Chinese brand that’s the top seller (bd?) isn’t here

      • JJROKCZ
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        210 months ago

        Swedish, Swiss, and British respectively

          • JJROKCZ
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            210 months ago

            That means their chief owner is Chinese, not that those companies or their cars are Chinese. Rams and jeeps aren’t Italian because then owners of Chrysler are…

            • @[email protected]OP
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              610 months ago

              If I am not mistaken. EVs from Volvo, polestar & lotus sold in the US are made in China. That makes it eligible for tariffs

              • JJROKCZ
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                210 months ago

                Ah that’s fair then

            • Ghostalmedia
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              9 months ago

              The tariffs apply to where the vehicle is manufactured, and many of those vehicles are manufactured in China.

              That said, I know Volvo Polestar found some loopholes in the law. I think they’re able to dodge the tariff by importing the vehicles to the US, then exporting them Canada / Mexico. Being an exporter somehow helps them work around some tariffs.

  • @dylanTheDeveloper
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    210 months ago

    Man I thought the title said cheese, I was worried for a second