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triceratops · 2026-01-16T17:29:20 1768584560

These cars are street legal in the US. Ford's CEO used one as a daily driver. Unless the car stays permanently it wouldn't be counted as an import.

fidotron · 2026-01-16T18:19:15 1768587555

Aside from everything else, Ford's CEO is not going to be subjected to the same rules as you or I.

A reality of all gov regulators is a degree of flexibility with respect to people undertaking genuine R&D in an upfront and responsible way.

quantified · 2026-01-16T19:47:06 1768592826

I wonder how different street legal in Canada is from in the US, given the connectedness of manufacturing and markets.

Maybe they will be banned for "national security".

EDIT: specific statements here: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651051]

fidotron · 2026-01-16T20:01:02 1768593662

Yes, I should have linked that story myself, it's one of the things that provoked the comment.

There are differences for street legality mainly around importing older cars which meant at one point the JDM scene in Canada had access to a lot more cars than the US did.