{"id":36116,"date":"2026-05-05T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36116"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:33:53","slug":"spotted-in-detroit-chinese-made-minivan-could-ferry-waymo-riders-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/spotted-in-detroit-chinese-made-minivan-could-ferry-waymo-riders-here","title":{"rendered":"Spotted in Detroit: Chinese-made minivan could ferry Waymo riders here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/04\/PDTN\/89933667007-waymo-ojai-detroit.jpg?width=660&amp;height=495&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Waymo Ojai EV being spied testing in Detroit.\" width=\"527\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>Waymo Ojai EV being spied testing in Detroit.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>The Detroit News, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Waymo did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment from The Detroit News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The China-sourced Zeekr platforms have been imported from China as so-called \u201cglider\u201d chassis. Waymo pays a tariff on those imports, but it is not affected by U.S. regulations restricting the import of Chinese cars because they are not sold to retail customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Zeekr sighting comes amid mounting China anxiety spawning\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2026\/04\/29\/slotkin-moreno-call-for-chinese-auto-ban-ahead-of-trump-xi-meeting\/89819937007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">federal legislation<\/a>\u00a0to bar Chinese-made vehicles from the United States, with arguments for doing so that include protecting national security and the domestic auto industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/05\/05\/waymo-test-minivan-from-china-seen-in-detroit-will-it-carry-riders\/89925065007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waymo Ojai EV being spied testing in Detroit. The Detroit News, The Detroit News Waymo did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment from The Detroit News. The China-sourced Zeekr platforms have been imported from China as so-called \u201cglider\u201d chassis. Waymo pays a tariff on those imports, but it is not affected by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36117,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36116\/revisions\/36117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}