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points by culi 11 hours ago | 0 comments

Emissions? These are EVs mostly. And these cars are safe enough for the EU.

Any vehicles with GPS or cellular modules made in Russia or China are explicitly banned. There's also a pending law to ban any automakers that have 15% or greater ownership by people from China, Russia, or Iran.

They are just outright banned. Has nothing to do with safety or emissions.

[–] jcomp 11 hours ago

I don't disagree, I only mention it to clarify that "available in Mexico but not the US" isn't limited to Chinese EVs. The article's tone in my opinion implies some kind of conspiracy to deprive the US of cool EVs, when in fact there is a much broader conspiracy to deprive us of Hiluxes (Hiluxi?)!