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Re:BYD doubles its Brazil market share to 9.7% a year after ... by petcat on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @01:46PM (#50369830)
USA bans the onboard Chinese automotive software for national security reasons, effectively banning Chinese cars. This isn't a partisan political thing, Biden was the one that signed the Secure Equipment Act.

For all the talk about data and technology sovereignty in Europe about USA tech, you would think they would take that more seriously too. Instead Europe is flooded with underpriced Chinese cars that they have no control over.

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Re:BYD doubles its Brazil market share to 9.7% a year after ... by IncreasePosts on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @01:58PM (#50369995)
There's also the 100% tariff to overcome. But I'm sure with a friendlier tax/tariff regime, Chinese companies wouldn't be opposed to bringing 98% complete vehicles from China to the US and then finishing them with American comms equipment.
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Re:BYD doubles its Brazil market share to 9.7% a year after ... by SimbaOnSteroids on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:09PM (#50370132)
they wouldn't mind standing up factories and importing the parts for assembly.
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Re:BYD doubles its Brazil market share to 9.7% a year after ... by ezst on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:07PM (#50370100)
> Instead Europe is flooded with underpriced Chinese cars that they have no control over.

Please someone fact check that, as far as I know there are import taxes on Chinese EVs, and protectionist measures. The only "loophole" I know is for vehicles built in the EU, which is fine as it employs local workforce.

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Re:BYD doubles its Brazil market share to 9.7% a year after ... by triceratops on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:31PM (#50370411)
The link says restrictions on software take effect in model year 2027 and hardware in 2030. So those rules are not in force yet right?

And if this were really the issue, why wouldn't BYD build vehicles with swappable control software and hardware? Ship unfinished vehicles to the US and install approved electronics in them?

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