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Americans Can’t Buy Chinese EVs. Waymo Is Importing Thousands​

The U.S. has used tariffs and security rules to keep Chinese cars off dealer lots. Alphabet’s robotaxi company appears to be buying them by the boatload.
ByAlan Ohnsman,
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Senior editor covering cleantech and advanced mobility

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Aug 02, 2026, 06:30am EDTUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 08:34pm EDT

Chinese automakers are now the de facto global standard for electric vehicles. BYD is outselling Tesla with highly affordable models. Consumer electronics giant Xiaomi is rolling out stylish sedans and SUVs outfitted with dizzying in-cabin infotainment tech. But staggeringly high tariffs, hovering at 127.5% for Chinese-built EVs, have kept those cars largely out of American driveways.

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But they have not kept them out of Waymo’s fast-growing U.S. robotaxi fleet.
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In late May, Alphabet’s self-driving vehicle company began deploying small electric vans, built by China’s Zeekr brand–which it calls the Waymo Ojai–in cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco. At the time, Waymo would only say it had “more than 100” of the friendly-faced, periwinkle-colored minivans on the road. Most industry watchers assumed the Mountain View, California-based company would ultimately operate fewer than 1,000 owing to the excessive import fees.



 
Exactly. Too much money tied up in house.
he's getting good advice from the board though. he needs to sell that shit especially if he lives by himself. he doesn't need the headache right now and get himself a nice 2 bedroom. hopefully he doesn't live in a place like the bay area or some over priced nyc suburb. that'll immediately save him about 1000 monthly which he can use to clear his 15k debt in a year and half. then he can start putting that 1000 into the market.
 
he's getting good advice from the board though. he needs to sell that shit especially if he lives by himself. he doesn't need the headache right now and get himself a nice 2 bedroom. hopefully he doesn't live in a place like the bay area or some over priced nyc suburb. that'll immediately save him about 1000 monthly which he can use to clear his 15k debt in a year and half. then he can start putting that 1000 into the market.



Somewhere in Canada as he posted in the CanadaInvesting subreddit.


100k salary with 42,000 of that going towards the annual mortgage.
 
John Overdeck has been married for over 24 years. Contrary to popular belief, his net worth is not 80 billion dollars. Instead, Forbes estimates his net worth to be around 8 billion dollars.







 

Questioning Jeff Bezos back in 2001 or 2002, and questioning Steve Jobs back in 2003, fast-forwarding 25 years later, things worked out. If he genuinely possesses a long-term vision, he should allow it another 15 years to materialize.
 
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