Polestar says the rule would ban it from selling EVs in the US.
  • TetsuoEnglish
    8·
    1 hour ago

    It fucking sucks and will slow down the transition to electric cars.

    We already have that shit in France too. The national companies sell prohibitively expensive cars with some amount of financial help. But if you buy a Chinese car (even with a demonstrably proven carbon footprint) you don’t get any help.

    Basically this is about protecting our car industry and shielding from their incapacity to provide a value electric car to the masses. Nothing to do with emissions.

  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    523·
    3 hours ago

    Remember when the US lectured the world on opening markets and free trade?

    • BaronVonBort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      29 minutes ago

      But not China!!!

      (Except for the copious amount of drop shipping we do, component parts, manufacturing, and many other aspects of the global economy we engage with them on and will continue to do unabated once the political theatre is out of the way because people want to believe in a boogeyman that’s making eggs more expensive)

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
    121·
    3 hours ago

    What a surprise, lawmakers in the USA cut their noses to spite their faces … again.

    I wonder what it would take for this to stop happening.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      15·
      3 hours ago

      I keep saying that it’s just a fantasy that everyone and big tech in particular isn’t quietly selling stuff to the Chinese, especially our data since it’s so easy. Why would they be beholden to national interests when they only exist to make money?

    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
      83·
      2 hours ago

      That’s the point. This is nothing more than protectionism so you continue to buy western made cars. Now you don’t even have a choice.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        2 hours ago

        That’s…overstepping a bit here. They aren’t banning all foreign cars. They’re banning cars from a state enemy that aims to enrich said enemy. They are banning Hyundai, Honda, Kia…etc. China has been straight up bragging about destroying the US economy and car industry with the BYD slave labor built cars. It would be stupid if they didn’t do something about that.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      Most Tesla sold outside USA are made in China.
      I recently saw a review of a Tesla here in Denmark (EU so Chinese made), where the reviewer exclaimed, hey the quality has become really good, it’s not like the old shit they used to make.

      And I must admit I laughed a little, thinking that’s probably because they are made in China now.
      Cars like Xpeng have a reputation of being among the most well built cars you can get! So made in China does not necessarily equal poor quality anymore.