The U.S. has used tariffs and security rules to keep Chinese cars off dealer lots. Alphabet’s robotaxi company appears to be buying them by the boatload.
  • TransNeko@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 hours ago

    yeah… sure… so very worried about “national security” that security risks can only be used by government employees, big corporations, and in federal buildings but not in private homes… yeah sure… that’s secure. Really feeling the security of the nation here… NOT.

  • finley@lemmy.zip
    40·
    6 hours ago

    This isn’t a clever loophole – – this is Trump making sure that only billionaires can profit, and the rest of us are all fucked

    • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
      23·
      6 hours ago

      All of the cost, none of the equity. Just as capitalism demands.

      Distributed burden, with the profits for the few.

      What did we do with the railroad barons again? And where’s their privatised cutting-edge tech??

  • Redvenom
    12·
    6 hours ago

    silly goose, corporations make their own rules

  • solrize@lemmy.ml
    5·
    5 hours ago

    At least til recently, Waymo here in California was using modified Jaguars. IDK if they started out as Jaguar EV’s or if they were ICE cars converted by Waymo. But they are everywhere in SF and also seen in other parts of the region.

    • ramble81@lemmy.zip
      6·
      2 hours ago

      They are Jaguar I-Pace EVs. They were natively EV to begin with. Waymo actually purchased large chunks of them through 2026, but with Jaguar basically committing suicide they needed another vehicle to work with.

  • Coke@lemmy.zipEnglish
    62·
    6 hours ago

    Does this have to do with safety regulations or something? Like what is the reasoning behind it? Because I heard these Chinese cars dont have good safety regulations

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
      27·
      6 hours ago

      The reasoning is to protect us companies from having to invest in better factories and design, any manufacturer’s cars meet whatever safety standards they are designed to meet.

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
        28·
        6 hours ago

        US companies are just a small fraction of auto sales in the US and two of the three make most of their money selling trucks and big SUVs which aren’t even in the same vicinity as Chinese EVs competition wise. Stop spreading disinformation.

          • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            4 hours ago

            Why because that’s how you guys feel and because you state the claim with confidence (but nothing else)?

            The auto industry in the US is already dominated by foreign brands and has been for quite a long time. It doesn’t make any sense as being the reason because that ship sailed long ago, and as I already described, two of the three remaining US automakers don’t even bother competing in the segment that Chinese EVs operate in, so what US company does it protect apart from Tesla which makes up a whopping 3% of the entire market?

            • Free Trampoline!?@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              6·
              4 hours ago

              It doesn’t matter if the competitor is a gas car or not, an EV on the market is a car on the market, at a set price on the market.

              There are no way, no EV for me, nuh uh people just as well as there are EV or nothing people, just as well as there are I just gotta get to work, man people.

              what US company does it protect apart from Tesla which makes up a whopping 3% of the entire market?

              All of them. No EV? Factor gas into the monthly payment. EV? Consider the gas as part of the monthly payment.

              Quit building fake goal posts, a car is a car, and any customer will buy one if it suits their budget. If a Chinese car suited their budget, they’d buy it.

    • Ariselas@piefed.caEnglish
      12·
      5 hours ago

      They are supposed to be as good or better than cars made by the US Big 3. Then once the new sodium ion batteries come out, they will be far safer.

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
      8·
      6 hours ago

      only to some extent, it’s not like the safe models aren’t being blocked. I think for example, the BYD Dolphin was redesigned to meet australian compliance.

      Chinese companies are willing to redesign for saftey, but the government of course has other plans.

      Basically some chinese cars by their direct chinese design, might not pass US safety standards. However china has shown they are willing to modify designs to enter the market. the only reason why they aren’t in the US market is because the government wont let them. Corporate has been using chinese evs (and trucks) and buses, for awhile now.