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You can get cheap chinese micromobility vehicles though
For now. I expect NYC's recent UL testing requirement for e-mobility batteries will be adopted by more US cities out of a combination of anti-China hysteria and the demographics involved.
To be fair, some of those batteries are sketchy as frig (looking at you gotway/begode)
Is there anything stopping Chinese companies from getting these certifications? Or are they just inherently unsafe and can't get them?
There's nothing stopping Chinese companies from getting them other than extra cost. And as they serve a global market rather than just the US, the loss of business might not be worth it to the Chinese companies, considering how large the domestic segment is. Like why bear all the extra cost of UL cert for the NY market (or even the US market) when you can continue selling to China, SEA, India, etc. There's a CBA to be done there and I don't imagine it results in these companies shelling out.
Makes sense, thanks for the explainer