It might not work eh? Might it though? I hate this kind of weasel headline almost as much as the constant "slamming". Just say what you're going to say.

It'll work just like adding another lane will solve traffic.

The Biden Administration wants to hurt Mexico in order to protect American Automotive interests.

Big 3 had a decade to compete with Tesla whose cars are already considered lower grade by today's EV standards because of quality issues.

Instead they spammed anti direct sell litigation while R&D twiddled their thumbs.

They'll do the exact same thing again and eat some more bailouts after they inevitably fail again.

Trying to buy uncompetitive US companies a bigger market share more like

It's not going to work. It's like when they tried to protect the US market from Japanese cars in the 70s and 80s. Look at the roads now, two of the big three (well, now four) american car manufacturers have gone bankrupt more than once. The one that hasn't only makes trucks and one flagship sportscar now. US EVs can't compete with Chinese made ones, it's just that simple.

Buy EVs time or protect american oil?

For an administration so desperate to cut back on global emissions, keeping cheap and apparently reliable foreign electric vehicles out of US market seems so backwards.

Also, it might work. No one knows, this is news.

US companies internationally will still struggle though. Might even make the US car market even more of a galapagos.

While I’m sure there are financial motives behind this that are backed by the US car industry, it also makes sense if you anticipate a war with China sometime in the future. You don’t really want a large proportion of your population driving cars manufactured by the enemy that can be switched off remotely.