A Sweeping New Bill Could Cut Mercedes, Volvo, and Others From the U.S. Market

Ahhh, government. Always there to make things more complicated and costly. Even for established automakers like Mercedes-Benz, which has built vehicles in Alabama for over thirty years. A new bill in Washington might shut that down.

Legislation advancing in congress would ban any automaker that has Chinese ownership from selling connected vehicles (basically all vehicles now) in the U.S. Called the Connected Vehicles Security Act, the bill would prohibit the sale or import for sale of connected cars from any automaker that is more than 15 percent owned by “foreign adversaries.”

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