The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 Eventually, the tariffs on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy were lifted,[4] but since 1964 this form of protectionism has remained in place to give US domestic automakers an advantage over imported competitors.
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IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
So after reading the article, are you editorializing or did Wired change their title? No where does it mention the legality of selling the Sakura in North America. It only mentions that Nissan has not chosen to sell it outside of Japan.
thallamabond@lemmy.world 1 week ago
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Kei cars are illegal to purchase in certain states because of the comparitave danger they face due to other size of other vehicles.
States include: Georgia, Maine, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Michigan.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They are like driving an ATV or go cart with a canopy though. Kinda scary to be going highway speeds in them around even other sedans.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 week ago
And riding motorcycles around these other cars feels like riding a motorcycle. If Smart can make a NA compliant car, there must be some kind of way to make a near-Kei car compliant.
Out of curiosity, I looked if Smart met Kei regulations with the ForTwo. The officiall Kei variant, the Smart K, only had 2 modifications and 1 restriction. The track width was narrowed and the fenders were slimmed in order to make it 1.5"(30mm) narrower and the only engine available was the 600cc.
And while Americans like to make assumptions about North American markets because they’re generally cross-compatible, they vary greatly. Mexico is full of compacts and ute chassis-mates such as Chevy Aveo/Montana, Fiata Strada/Ram 700, and VW Gol/Saveiro. Remember, the original VW Beetle (“Vocho”) was produced in Mexico until the 90s.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m sorry, but riding a motorcycle is vastly different than driving one of these, even the posture from riding to sitting makes a huge difference in comfort, but also these things are claustrophobic as hell, most people don’t realize just HOW small these are.
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
so nothing to do with being an EV, an import, or anything like that as most people would assume.