The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized rules that will effectively ban new Chinese or Russian cars from American roads.
The rules, announced by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), ban the import of hardware and software used in smart cars, self-driving cars, and passenger vehicles that contain such hardware or software if they have “a sufficient nexus” to China or Russia.
New vehicles made in the United States cannot be sold if they contain such components.
The BIS said bans related to software will take effect for Model Year 2027. Hardware-related bans will take effect for Model Year 2030 and on Jan. 1, 2029, for units without a model year….