Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoThe US actually heavily tariffs foreign-made vehicles that could skirt the CAFE requirements the way American trucks do. Light trucks suffer the Chicken Tax and can only be made in Canada, US or Mexico to bypass that. Been that way since the UAW boss asked LJB to do something about the German imports growing.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So build them here, like every other foreign auto maker.
They accomplish two completely different effects by two completely different mechanisms. The former being available to every manufacturer.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
So it’s not free market after all because the big 3 can make vehicles at home and sell abroad while the others have to make them in the US for the US market. In what way is it not a form of favoring the domestic auto companies?