Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoU.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Carswww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: cars@hexbear.netcanada@lemmy.caworldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldboycottus@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoMaybe wait 20 years , figure out what loophole allowed a handful of Kei trucks to be imported. At that point even 20 year old car tech might be more advanced than what we’d be saddled with
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s not a loophole. You are permitted to import kei trucks >=25 years old.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe loophole is that “antiques” are exempted from safety regulations. I thought I remembered seeing something about an explicit ban a year or so, but trying to find it I see state level registration bans
Maybe wait 20 years , figure out what loophole allowed a handful of Kei trucks to be imported.
At that point even 20 year old car tech might be more advanced than what we’d be saddled with
It’s not a loophole. You are permitted to import kei trucks >=25 years old.
The loophole is that “antiques” are exempted from safety regulations.
I thought I remembered seeing something about an explicit ban a year or so, but trying to find it I see state level registration bans