This link still runs into a subscription paywall, as do most of your recent posts.

I tried to like Teslas, but I find them incredibly cheap and uncomfortable. The road noise is worse than a 27 year old Subaru, which I found baffling since there's not even an engine, and I thought they were supposed to be aerodynamic and smooth. But no, they're harsh and always feel like you're driving on a noisy worn out road. What's the appeal of Teslas? For the price premium of them, what do you actually get?

I was really impressed with the BYD’s I rode in for uber while in Mexico

I went there recently for a friends wedding, and about half the Uber's we took were driving Chinese EV's

Thanks! That worked fine.

No, between safety and emissions, a normal person effectively have to wait out the 25 year as spelled out in the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988. Once you hit that, it's relatively straightforward to import the car (straightforward if you know how to do it, there are importers who specialize in this market).

There are some small exceptions for show cars (as is, never used on public roads) and similar things, but they all limit/prohibit use on public roads.

1. Buy a BYD in Mexico.

2. Buy a scrapped Tesla in the US.

3. Rebadge the BYD with the Tesla's logos.

4. Bury the Tesla in your yard.

5. Register the rebadged BYD with the Tesla's VIN, slap some plates on it, and drive.

there are limitations, a non resident can get a car in for a year, and if it’s plated in Mexico a resident might get a similar permit.

Are there actual national security concerns though? Or is that just an excuse for protectionism? I suspect the latter, and in europe politicians may make the calculation that cheap cars > car manufaturing jobs.

Meaning electric cars at minimum 25% cleaner than an internal combustion vehicle.

lumping those all together is missing half the point, ng in at least in the us where its a by product of oil extraction is a huge step up from coal/oil and will be with us for a very long time