Polestar claims it was blindsided by sales ban

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 26: Polestar cars are displayed successful the showroom astatine a Polestar dealership connected June 26, 2026 successful Beverly Hills, California. Electric car shaper Polestar volition beryllium barred from selling caller vehicles successful the United States starting with the 2027 exemplary twelvemonth aft the Commerce Department cited nationalist information concerns nether caller connected-vehicle regulations. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Polestar said the Trump medication strung it on for months earlier yet rejecting its petition to proceed selling its electrical vehicles successful the US nether a regularisation outlawing vehicles with connected bundle from China.

In an August 18th missive sent to dealers and obtained by The Verge, Polestar said it doesn't person a wide reply arsenic to wherefore its exertion to proceed selling its EVs successful the US was denied, considering its sister institution Volvo was authorized to merchantability its vehicles contempt akin firm ownership. (The missive was archetypal reported by The Wall Street Journal.)

The US Department of Commerce approved Volvo successful May 2026 to con …

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