<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Mark Webb-Johnson <<a href="mailto:mark@webb-johnson.net" class="">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[Ovmsdev] Trade War impact</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">8 July 2020 at 09:55:58 CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">OVMS Developers <<a href="mailto:ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com" class="">ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">OVMS Developers <<a href="mailto:ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com" class="">ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FYI: We are starting to see an impact from the US/China trade war, with OVMS as collateral damage. This is currently affecting OVMS in two ways:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">Imports of OVMS modules, cables, and antennas, into USA, are starting to be hit with a 25% tax.<br class=""><br class="">I don’t have any workaround, and it would cost way more than +25% to get these manufactured elsewhere (even if all the components didn’t come from China in the first place). So, this tax is now being passed on to consumers in USA.<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">We are experiencing difficulties getting the US Hologram SIMs into China.<br class=""><br class="">I realise that this is an inconvenience for the users, but we have no alternative at the moment. So, from this week until further notice, OVMS modules purchased from Fasttech won’t include Hologram SIMs. These can be purchased directly from Hologram themselves:<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="https://store.hologram.io/store/global-iot-sim-card/17" class="">https://store.hologram.io/store/global-iot-sim-card/17</a><br class=""> (You can also order on amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/3-in-1-Global-IoT-SIM-Card/dp/B07GY2S8QK#ace-2093936695" class="">https://www.amazon.com/3-in-1-Global-IoT-SIM-Card/dp/B07GY2S8QK#ace-2093936695</a>)<br class=""><br class="">OVMS modules purchased from the official distributors (either Carl Medlock in USA, or Open Energy Monitor in EU) will still include the Hologram SIMs.<br class=""><br class="">I have updated the user guide documentation to clarify this.</li></ol></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll let you know if the situation changes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, Mark.</div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div style=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 17 Dec 2020, at 12:48, Michael Balzer <<a href="mailto:dexter@expeedo.de" class="">dexter@expeedo.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Mark,<br class=""><br class="">Fasttech have changed the OVMS kits to NOT include the Hologram SIM card anymore.<br class=""><br class="">I don't know why and when they did so, but by this we now are lying to users in all our descriptions.<br class="">This applies to our project websites as well as to Glyn's shop.<br class=""><br class="">Do you know the background? Is this temporary?<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">Michael<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Michael Balzer * Helkenberger Weg 9 * D-58256 Ennepetal<br class="">Fon 02333 / 833 5735 * Handy 0176 / 206 989 26<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">OvmsDev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OvmsDev@lists.openvehicles.com" class="">OvmsDev@lists.openvehicles.com</a><br class="">http://lists.openvehicles.com/mailman/listinfo/ovmsdev<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>