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I bought a Chinese car...in the US! (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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So, Polestar is the only Chinese car that I know of that has a loophole that allows it to be sold in the US. It's really nice, plus I got it used with low mileage.

10/10 would recommend

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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Electric?

[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From what I understood there was never a ban on Chinese cars being sold in the US, they just put an 100% tariff on them to make it impractical for both dealers and buyers.

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Gotcha, I vaguely remember that now that you mention it. I wonder if that doesn't apply to Polestar since they weren't originally a Chinese-owned company, and even now Geely only owns 22% of them.

[–] CaptButtons@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nice, I just did a search on carfax and quite a few used cars are available in my region. Decent prices too

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think Geely also (partially?) owns Volvo now.

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, I saw that as well. I saw some new Volvos at the dealer and they look really nice.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know those were chinese. I see a fair number of them where I live

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Yep! They do have a plant in the US as well tho.