Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM

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Honda cancels plan for cheap electric vehicles, ending collaboration with GM
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

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I see you don’t understand how lobbying works in this country.

There are already cars being built in China being brought into the USA.

All that's going to happen is these newer companies will need to meet our standards (BYD has proven they can now), deal with some politics bullshit, and end up having to deal with some hefty tariffs that will put them at a disadvantage.

They won't be completely stopped.

Edit: BYD already has busses running in the USA even.

Cars built in China is not the same thing as cars designed and manufactured entirely in China. And “some politics bullshit” is a hell of a way to describe overcoming the auto and union lobbies in the US.