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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by greenyoda on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:45PM (#26352363)
> I'm assuming if it won't come to the US it won't come to the UK, Canada or Australia either.

Since Japan drives on the left side of the road[1], a car manufactured for the Japanese market would have its steering wheel on the opposite side of a US or Canadian vehicle. It would be OK for the UK or Australia, which also drive on the left, but the cars can only be leased for now[2], and the provisions of the lease would probably disallow taking the car to another country.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic#W...

[2] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Honda-launches-...

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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by Waterluvian on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:00PM (#26352507)
I'm not sure but I bet it's perfectly legal to drive a right hand drive in North America.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by rsj_hn on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:10PM (#26352580)
Yes, it is, but you can't sell a right hand car here. Individuals have to import it, but sometimes this happens.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by adolph on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:42PM (#26352799)
Seems to be a lively market: http://www.texasjdm.com/

Jeep has a RHD Wrangler for 2021 and I’m not certain if they ever paused making them.

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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by sjwalter on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:12AM (#26353421)
Your comment elides that Jeep exclusively markets these (afaik) to USPS for rural delivery drivers. Though they are widely available in the secondary market, are you sure they sell them directly to consumers?
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by Spooky23 on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:29AM (#26354825)
Rural mail carriers are contractors who buy their own vehicles. Anyone can order that jeep or a RHD Subaru.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by sjwalter on Friday March 05, 2021 @08:59AM (#26356913)
Great to know, thanks.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by olyjohn on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:29AM (#26353524)
There are no laws against selling right hand drive cars in the US.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by fomine3 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:47PM (#26352845)
Possibly the self-driving system on a car sold in JP/UK is optimized for left side, and vice versa.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by loeg on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:34PM (#26352741)
Mail carriers often have right-hand drive in NA.
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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by TheRealSteel on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:57AM (#26355001)
I was more getting at that if they aren't interested in the US market they're unlikely interested in the other ones I mentioned either, rather than commenting on sidedness.

Yes, technically it's easier to bring this car to other RHD countries but I'm assuming Honda has plenty of manufacturing capacity to do that if they want to. It just seems like they don't want to.

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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by 1e100 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:54PM (#26352455)
It's rare, but I have occasionally seen left hand drive cars in Australia

https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/register/left

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