Protectionism for the US auto industry as usual.
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2026
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Sad, but not surprising
Are we to believe that Polestar cars are the only ones with "Chinese-linked vehicle technology"?
From outside, guessing a lack of “US-linked vehicle technology” is the issue.
Propulsion is one thing. Connectivity is another. That's what I'm getting at.
Fair.
Well China could easily bypass all of the regulations by simply supporting open hardware designs and offering parts on favorable terms to small businesses that make said open source hardware designs and sell them into the US market
And then those parts would be tariffed until non-viable for the same reason this was blocked and chinese evs are tariffed.
That is the beauty of open hardware. They would have to tariff compatible parts from every country. Which would destroy the US economy.
Tariffs are country-specific, they can just say "electric batteries are tariffed 125% if they're made in China, and also if we say your factory is "linked to china"", which is what they already do. Or they can just say "lol your not allowed to even build them here" as they did in op.
It's not a hardware issue at all. These cars are manufactured in the U.S. already, in South Carolina. The problem is the belief that the software allows for privacy violations under the control of the Chinese government.
Personally, I'd just prefer a privacy-enforcing system that applies equally to all manufacturers regardless of nationality, and apply these standards to everyone, but that's not really politically in the cards these days.
That's right. Only the US should be allowed to spy on American citizens through their cars. I hate this timeline.
Well, USA could have allowed China to sell cars like everyone has been doing for 120 years. That didn't happen either.
As to why your plan won't work look up the law then look up FEOC.