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Pfhortunetoday at 6:51 PM5 repliesview on HN

Would be great if we could buy/drive these in the US. Funny how we have a "free market" only when it is convenient for certain interests...


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stetraintoday at 7:13 PM

They're all over the place in Mexico City. It'll be interesting as these EVs start to show up along the northern and southern borders traveling within the US.

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TulliusCicerotoday at 6:53 PM

I agree that that would be great as a consumer, but given how protectionist China is, you can hardly blame countries for responding in kind. Trade should be a two way street.

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jmyeettoday at 7:15 PM

For anyone that doesn't know, then president Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law in 1988 that banned all car imports into the US unless the car is at least 25 yaers old.

Why? Because US Mercedez-Benz dealers were selling their cars at too high a price and a lot of Americans were importing them directly from Germany. So the dealers associations lobbied Congress for a ban.

Country of free markets, by the way.

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high_na_euvtoday at 6:57 PM

Free market does not exist

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cmxchtoday at 6:57 PM

Just buy a Textron golf cart and you have 90% of the Chinese EV experience.

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