Electric 2026 Kia EV5 coming to Canada, not U.S.

[sunshine@lemmy.ca]

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[kaboom@reddthat.com]

Bet it has safety problems that Canada doesn't test for

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

We test for less than (2024)America ? This sigonna hurt our EUZone application.

[kaboom@reddthat.com]

It's the same company that didn't bother with immobilizers, so a lot of their cars are very easily stolen.

[_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Does it make me sound like an old person to say I just wish they would make headlights on new cars look like actual headlights? Ones like these look like some kind of weird bug eyes.

[partial_accumen@lemmy.world]

If anything it would be the other way around. Remember the "kia boys" that could steal cars with a USB A cable? That only happened in the USA and not Canada. Why? Because Canada mandates electronic security on the ignition switch. The USA doesn't. So Canadian Kia cars were never stolen in droves like those in American.

[kaboom@reddthat.com]

But kia has shown they will cut corners

[partial_accumen@lemmy.world]

...in the USA. They did in Canada because the law required it.

[partial_accumen@lemmy.world]

I think you'll find that in most value segment vehicles. Its what makes them value segment.

[albbi@lemmy.ca]

LED lights are a different shape from the old headlights, so it does make sense to experiment. But that said I agree with you, I like the old style too.

[perogiboi@lemmy.ca]

Haha what an American thing to say.

America has some of the lowest safety standards in the developed world across all industries. Don’t worry though, you’ll get some nice big ICE cars that aren’t held back by those pesky emissions standards. Your glorious leader signed an executive order the other day getting rid of it!

[jacobcoffinwrites@slrpnk.net]

All big companies do. The only thing mitigating that is regulations and the US is generally laxer than other places on safety standards.