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No, you cant import it. They dont meet safety standards.

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Gotta love American “freedom” sometimes. “Oh you can buy any car you want, well except those dirty foreign ones because checks notes they’re totally not up to our safety standards.” -_-

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Except you know, working airbags, seat belts, fuses, a firewall (as in the sheet of metal separating the engine from the passenger compartment), working crumple zones, 5 mph bumpers, rollover protection, stuff like that

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Do you think this is a Ford Pinto?

Edit: given that you mention crumple zones… A Tesla Cybertruck?

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However, you can import many kei cars and trucks and people are doing it because they’re super cheap.

https://www.eezyimport.com/importing-the-essence-of-japan-a-guide-to-bringing-kei-trucks-and-cars-to-the-usa/

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They’re almost exclusively being imported as antique vehicles. I don’t think you’re going to find a cheap, useful, 25-year old Chinese EV, but all the power to you!

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I am sick and tired of people claiming that BYD are unsafe They have crash tested better than my current vehicle.

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Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico

Here’s an example with Peugeot

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In this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don’t maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC.

FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.

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What if we elect Trump and he gets rid of safety standards, could we import it then?

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No cause he’s also gonna ban evs

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