AUTOS AND VEHICLE

Tesla accepts commercial purchase inquiries for individual or fleet Cybercab vehicles, but it has not announced a public consumer ordering process or final retail price. The often-reported sub-$30,000 figure is a target, not a confirmed price.

President Donald Trump has said he would be open to Chinese automakers building vehicles in the United States if they establish factories and employ American workers. But this does not mean Chinese cars are now freely approved for sale in America. Chinese vehicles still face major U.S. trade, national-security and connected-vehicle restrictions. Trump’s 2025 auto tariffs also make importing vehicles into America more expensive. The bigger question is now whether Chinese automakers could eventually build American-made vehicles inside the United States instead of exporting China-made cars into the country.