Featured In retaliation to Trump, Canada will import Chinese EVs

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Gokhan, Jan 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM.

  1. bisco

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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Even IF the US highways and byways are filled to capacity with ChiCOMM cars, that threat vector is small spuds......

     
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    FWIW; current administration is using AI to write court briefs - Not working too good, but then again their cases are weak or total fabrications to begin with.:(:love::whistle:
     
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    Low impact, inconveniences lots of citizens, nice tool to have in your bag. Destroys manufacturing as workers can't get to plants.
     
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    Nice story until “senior members of the Trump and Harris campaign.” After the November 2024 election, who cares what the Harris campaign was calling about?

    The hook is their “mandatory” changes to the unknown, gang of eight companies and open ended rest of the world.

    Words of an imprecise threat and undefined but a proposed mandatory “protection” scheme suggests iimplimentation of their “hack” to achieve what?

    I need more specific details and independent investigation before trusting these actors and a techno-babble report. Yes, paranoids do have enemies but this smells too much like a plan to implement the very thing they accuse the Chinese of having accomplished.

    It was the “Trump and Harris campaign” that stinks to high heaven followed by a mandatory “fix.”

    Bob Wilson
     
  6. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    I wouldn't rule it out. I mean, I jumped to a Kia which were known for crappy cars back in the day.

    Even cars we don't think are made in China, are made there like some Buick models, Volvos, the Honda Fit before it left. How much you wanna bet the new Lexus ES is based on the chinese Toyota bZ7?
     
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    You are a manufacturer. You have two choices once you decide your market requires 6 distinct vehicles for you to be profitable.

    1. Produce all vehicles in 6 different markets/geographic-regions.
    2. Produce vehicles where their are most in demand and market for that model and export some to other markets.

    How many factories does #1 take? #2?

    For extra credit, which allows you to produce the most vehicles and deliver them to the buyers at the least cost?

    For still more credit, what is the time to market of changing from one choice to another?

    How are these choices influenced by current policy?

    Isn't if fun to be a CEO in today's world.
     
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    It could be, depending on compensation