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by carlivar 34 days ago
Isn't this using Biden administration guidelines?
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Yes. Biden did it in his last month.

Disregard this parent's bias.

As I mentioned above, it's not fringe to ban Chinese hardware for security concerns. They've been surreptitiously planting undisclosed control equipment. [0] No company would knowingly add more costs and complexity for nothing in return. And if the Chinese maker didn't know about the trojan tech, then it's even more concerning.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/ghost-...

To be precise: Biden created an abusable system that requires waivers for Chinese software that is now being administered by the GOP.

Volvo got a waiver from the Trump admin no problem. Polestar could not get their waiver from the Trump admin.

I expect Polestar will eventually get their waiver, once Elon has less clout. Until then, Elon has tariffs keeping china-made EVs uncompetitive, and this program that deals with Chinese companies that setup shop in America.