Let’s Do This! Remove Tarriffs on EVs (pressreader.com)

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If we want to advance our economy, we need to embrace EV adoption. We already invested heavily into EV supply chains.

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[-] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago

Most (maybe all) car seats have two methods of attachment - LATCH/LUAS system and just using the seatbelt.

A quick Google search shows me that they use it in Europe too, but call it ISOFIX. As far as I can tell it's just three different names for the same system.

The seat belt method should work regardless of whether the car was made for North America or EU.

Plus, safety standards change all the time. This is just one new standard for them to follow (if it is even different at all).

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

All BMW sold in North America use ISOFIX.

[-] Grabthar@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, I looked them up out of curiosity after posting. They look pretty similar. In CanUS, most LATCH seats use a lap belt with clips on either end to connect to the anchors. This lets you slip it between the upper and lower parts of the seat more easily. Looks like ISOFIX is designed so the seat latches right to the anchors, and there is a removable part of the seat that exposes the anchors. The top tether in Europe usually goes to a roof while it is usually on the bottom of the rear part of the seat in CanUS. I think the Euro implementation would likely minimize installation issues, which was the whole point of both standards. To get the lap belt tight enough is a real pain, so they get installed wrong a lot over here. Apparently there are LATCH car seats that also connect directly to the seat anchors, but I have never seen one. Seema like it would be rougher on the interior given how we hide the anchors over here, but it would probably result in fewer bad installs.