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Electrek · United States · US bans Polestar from selling new vehicles, first market exit under Connected Vehicles Rule
Frames the denial as a de facto Chinese-technology ban: Polestar's electronics share Geely Group architecture, and Commerce ruled that architecture cannot be isolated enough to satisfy the Rule's software-separation requirements. Notes the Volvo Cars carve-out is explained by the South Carolina factory and separate software stack, creating an ownership paradox where two Geely subsidiaries receive opposite treatment under the same rule.
“Polestar is barred from US sales; Volvo, same Geely parent, was approved because it manufactures in South Carolina with a separate software stack.”