Featured In retaliation to Trump, Canada will import Chinese EVs

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  1. Gokhan

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

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    Don't really understand how this is 'retaliatory' but if Canada is a for-real self governing country then they can import any cars that they want to.

    In the US, we also have Chinese-Made Cars.....
    • Lincoln Nautilus: A luxury SUV built in Ford's Hangzhou factory.
    • Volvo S90: Produced at Volvo's Daqing plant in China.
    • Polestar 2 & 3: Manufactured in China for the U.S. market (though Polestar's future U.S. production is shifting).
    • Buick Envision one of the first mainstream Chinese-built cars sold in the U.S.

    I'm old enough to remember when it was fashionable in the US to bash Japanese cars.
    If the world wants to turn a blind eye on the CCP's labour and human rights policy?
    That's not really my lookout.

    I buy GMCs but I'm also aware that 'Merica (and...Canada) does not have an uncomplicated human rights history. ;)
     
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    Excellent! I want to test drive some of the Chinese EVs and gives me a good enough excuse to visit.

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

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    meh.
    Immature tech......

    I will wait for more wealthy people or others with high disposable incomes to keep paying the development costs.......
     
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    As always, you're a veritable font of knowledge and good advice. A little poem:

    Should I listen to you more
    Or hit Ignore
     
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    The spare tire comment is very funny. I wonder if spare tires are more common in cars sold in China than elsewhere.
     
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    Lighten up, Mendel. These Chinese EVs could actually be great. They have been selling them for less than what it costs to make them. The tariff rate is only 6.1%, which is next to nothing. The Canadian government probably has EV incentives, too.

    As for the spare tire you want, though, I wouldn’t put much hope on it. Even the Chinese seem to have got rid of them.
     
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    #9 Gokhan, Jan 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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