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[โ€“] apftwb@lemmy.world 49 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Can we import this into the US? ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘ˆ

[โ€“] Kaligalis@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Sorry, that would endanger patriotic US workers' job safety. So no reasonable EVs for you.

[โ€“] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 12 hours ago

Can the US stop being absolute pieces of shit to the whole world?

[โ€“] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Can't you just ask Trump to rename some diesel pickup to EV? Would be easier.

[โ€“] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Trump branded ev... $100 says it would run on coal.

[โ€“] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

An only be available in gold

[โ€“] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 16 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Bold of you to assume a Trump branded vehicle would run at all!

[โ€“] xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 hours ago

it would be this exact truck, rebranded and spray painted gold and sold for 5x the price.

[โ€“] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[โ€“] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It would be a replica Stanley steamer, build in china

[โ€“] daychilde@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

A raffle ticket to have the chance to see one? I'm sold!

[โ€“] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, not even that. For that, you get an email promising delivery within months and then nothing after that ever. :)

[โ€“] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Doesn't Tesla already do this? Complete with Trump's endorsement, too.

[โ€“] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I think chicken tax is for overseas only? So maybe?

[โ€“] daychilde@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago

BTW, to anyone who thinks this is some sort of random joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Tax

[โ€“] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago

I doubt it. Mexico doesn't adhere to NHTSA FMVSS standards, unlike Canada and the US. This is why Mexico has foreign brands like Renault, Peugeot, MG, etc that the rest of North America* doesn't get. Mexico also continued to sell the 1990 version of the Tsuru (Sentra/Sunny) in base, no airbags until 2017, which wouldn't have been legal in the US past 1998.

*excluding St Pierre and Miquelon