Sunshine (she/her) to Canada · 1 day agoCanada proposes 100% tariffs on Tesla, I have an alternative: open the door to Chinese EVselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up1896arrow-down178
arrow-up1818arrow-down1external-linkCanada proposes 100% tariffs on Tesla, I have an alternative: open the door to Chinese EVselectrek.coSunshine (she/her) to Canada · 1 day agomessage-square288fedilink
minus-squareHikingVetlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 day agoWould the Chinese EVs even meet our safety standards?
minus-squareVictor Villaslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoAlmost certainly, because our safety standards are garbage, because we force ourselves to be in lockstep with NHTSA as to not make trade and travel difficult with the US
minus-squareusualsuspect191linkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThat’s my concern as well. Seeing what happened with the cheap hoverboards and ebikes makes me wary of being too lenient on these.
minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoYou should also worry about if Chinese EVs meet reasonable labor standards. Which they don’t.
Would the Chinese EVs even meet our safety standards?
Almost certainly, because our safety standards are garbage, because we force ourselves to be in lockstep with NHTSA as to not make trade and travel difficult with the US
That’s my concern as well. Seeing what happened with the cheap hoverboards and ebikes makes me wary of being too lenient on these.
You should also worry about if Chinese EVs meet reasonable labor standards. Which they don’t.
They meet EU standards.