Aside from the fears about their government and car software (whatever side you’re on, you’re probably not being convinced otherwise), Biden wants to encourage domestic production. Hard to do that when China is undercutting the costs and prices here. Just look at the collapse of the US steel industry to see similar situations.
Domestic producers seem to be actively hostile to this type of car (small, cheap) no matter who produces it. This isn’t Biden vs China, it’s domestic car companies vs their own customers and Biden is just another member of their team.
Domestic car makers are making the same mistake now that they did in the 1970s. They’re making giant, wasteful cars and as soon as they start competing with foreign carmakers they’ll have to scramble to make small cars, make terrible ones, and then we’ll have to bail them out again.
We need control over what all cars transmit and receive, not just Chinese ones.
I’m all for Chinese EVs, they are the only ones affordable enough for me to try one without going into major debt.
