alt Hacker NewsIts only the first 50K that get 6%, still pretty interesting as being physically so close to the US could cause people in the US to get their first look at Chinese cars.
Chinese car companies face far more ruthless competition than western ones so could end up making better cars as a result, imo.
There are over 100 brands in china selling electric cars
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exactly this - once people realize how far ahead Chinese manufacturing is, they'll put pressure where it's needed to either a) allow more to be imported, because people want nice things, or b) bring the manufacturing process over, like they did with the japanese cars
It's 50,000+ users to learn from. Chinese companies have gotten pretty good at learning.
Until US bans PRC cars on US soil... pretty easy to make the case based on surveillance / NSL. Won't take much for BYD to become next DJI/Norinco.
Chinese cars are good.
Even though they are tariffed as hell they often come as better to European counterparts here at similar pricing.
Could? They are already much better for the price.
Apparently its quite simple to buy a BYD vehicle from Mexico and import it into the US already.
https://youtube.com/shorts/IEbl6RIJeDc?si=pNol1UkjxRwML9Dz
I suspect the same thing will happen for northern states buying from Canada!
Chinese EVs are already way ahead of most western EVs - really, you need to see some of the cars the likes of Zeekr, Lynk & Co, Denza and Xpeng are releasing.
This x1000, I hope this really turns the screws on the US manufacturers, they need to hurt.