Submitted 6 hours ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp37g5nxe3lo
It makes China the first country to outlaw designs first popularised by Elon Musk’s Tesla.
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I applauded when Scandinavian countries refused to offload Tesla cars from ships at the dock. I wonder what China will do to evict all Tesla cars from their country.
Because of the doors? Or because Elon is a nazi?
Elon didn’t want unions. Scandinavian didn’t want his cars.
Only the cybertruck has the hidden handle right? Those were already not legal to drive in China due to safety regulations.
The Hyundai ioniq for example has hidden handles too, other teslas as well.
Allowing Xi to have a firm grip on cars everywhere. Authoritarianism has no end.
a firm grip
Nice one! 😁
China wins again
You can see car door handles in china - but at what cost?
It comes as EVs are facing scrutiny from safety watchdogs around the world after a number of deadly incidents, including two fatal crashes in China involving Xiaomi EVs in which power failures were suspected to have prevented doors from being opened.
stoy@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Good, that stupid design trend needs to die