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

submitted 17 hours ago by engene@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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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[-] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 27 points 15 hours ago

We should simply allow European safety standards as equivalent to american ones, allowing every model approved i the EU to be sold in Canada without costly changes and re-certification.

If a car is good enough for German highways and Norwegian mountain roads, then they should be good enough for Canada.

[-] Grabthar@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I know one of the problems is the clips we use for attaching car seats for small children. Since they don't match what we use, we'd probably have to switch to European car seats too. No idea which is safer or why we have the differences, but I'd bet there are lots of little safety things that don't line up between countries. I'm not sure I'm willing to give up our autonomy in this regard just so we can have more products. While I think Europe would probably have better standards than the US, I don't like the idea of relying on any other countries to determine what is safe enough for Canadians to use.

[-] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 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).