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by xgstation 510 days ago
if U.S. could have opened its market to Chinese EVs (yes yes I know Chinese Gov subsidizes those vendors a lot, but U.S. can still do punitive tariffs, instead of just ban[1], and of course, making excuses out of national security, meanwhile Tesla is doing okay in China) these U.S. vendors have no competitions is the reason why they are far behind.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-...
1 comments
manfre 510 days ago
Do the Chinese EVs meet US safety standards? Those requirements add a non trivial amount of weight to the vehicle.
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flopsamjetsam 510 days ago
There are a few Chinese EVs available widely in Australia (BYD, MG, and recently Zeekr) that all conform to Australian Design Rules (ADR), which have been "harmonised" with the European ones for a while. So, most likely this would get the vehicles pretty close to passing the US safety rules, though they'd still have to go through testing and certification.
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aurareturn 510 days ago
Pretty sure EU safety standards are higher and many Chinese EVs meet those.
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ulfw 510 days ago
Considering a Cyberbeast out of all vehicles meets "US safety standards", I have to admit I don't have a lot of faith in those.

Btw it doesn't meet European Union standards and hence isn't sold there.

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