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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2026
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oh i love protectionism for the rich and a middle finger for the peasants
FREEDUMB.
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.
This isn’t a clever loophole – – this is Trump making sure that only billionaires can profit, and the rest of us are all fucked
It doesn't actually seem that way. They're likely eating the tariff because of the costs of hardware redesign, which I would imagine to cost millions and a lot of testing time.
If they're getting a volume discount of 10%, then after tarrif each vehicle is probably cheaper than a whole refab.
Only his billionaire bosses can profit. Lol
"Free enterprise for me and none for thee."
Monopsony
Learned a new word today! 🥳
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??
silly goose, corporations make their own rules
Yeah, but do corpos have value?
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.
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.
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
It has to do with the cars talking to each other and perhaps eavesdropping on other vehicles, etc.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a final rule prohibiting certain transactions involving the sale or import of connected vehicles integrating specific pieces of hardware and software, or those components sold separately, with a sufficient nexus to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or Russia.
BIS and its Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) have found that certain technologies originating from the PRC or Russia present an undue and unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. Today’s action represents the culmination of a months-long regulatory process to design, seek public input on, and ultimately finalize a measure to protect drivers and passengers on American roads.
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.
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.
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.
Where did you hear that bullshit?
My BYD has the highest rating possible