The pretense for all this is that we can't have Chinese cars in the US because they're all connected devices which China could be monitoring or manipulating. Obviously the only thing they actually care about is avoiding competition.
Personally, I'd find it hilarious if the result of all this was that a couple of Chinese companies released some decent quality, budget friendly EVs with no connected features. It's the kind of vehicle that a lot of people want but that the big American auto companies aren't interested in making.
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