[vitaflo]

They’re not coming to the US market because there’s a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. Biden signed that last year.

[m463]

I thought lots of inexpensive cars have never made it into the US market because they didn't meet safety standards.

[rsynnott]

There’s a demand aspect; you generally have to produce a version per market. ~No EU-spec cars would be saleable in the US, as they wouldn’t meet safety standards (for instance, very different rules on lights) and vice versa. These standards can often seem trivial, but having two versions of a car is expensive. So “doesn’t meet safety standards” usually means “it is not worth anyone’s time to produce a local version, either for demand or tariff barrier reasons”.

[lesuorac]

Isn't 14k with a 100% tariff still way cheaper than a Tesla?

[zdragnar]

Nobody actually pays $14k but the Chinese themselves. It's usually in the equivalent of $25k to $30's.

Throw in the tariffs and what not, and you lose out to other low end EV models.

[TiredOfLife]

I thought that tariffs are bad and only punish americans, and anybody imposing them is an evil dictator or something like that.