Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
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Re: Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
#2Surprised they were here in the first place since the USA needs to protect its own car industry.
Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I’ve seen about them.
Re: Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
#3Surprised they were here in the first place since the USA needs to protect its own car industry. Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I’ve seen about them.
I wonder why the U.S. is only interested in protecting its car industry and not others.
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#4Surprised they were here in the first place since the USA needs to protect its own car industry. Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I’ve seen about them.
I wonder why the U.S. is only interested in protecting its car industry and not others.
It still has a car industry. Not the best nor the worst choices and some are even made in the us I think. Some in Canada/Mexico at least at the moment.
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#5Surprised they were here in the first place since the USA needs to protect its own car industry. Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I’ve seen about them.
China's EV market plus more consumer protections would still beat all the other EVs out there.
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#6Surprised they were here in the first place since the USA needs to protect its own car industry. Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I’ve seen about them.
I wonder why the U.S. is only interested in protecting its car industry and not others.
Because of lobbying. That's usually the answer when policies don't make sense
Re: Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
#7Couldn't they have just mandated that Polestar cars in the US must not be able to connect to the internet? That would pretty much negate any potential foreign threat related to "connected cars". Just make them... not connected.
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#8Couldn't they have just mandated that Polestar cars in the US must not be able to connect to the internet? That would pretty much negate any potential foreign threat related to "connected cars". Just make them... not connected.
making them not connected would lower the price from $80k to about $45
Re: Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
#9Surprised they were here in the first place since the USA needs to protect its own car industry. Sad because polestar seems genuinely good from the little I’ve seen about them.
I wouldn’t mind more foreign car companies if it means alternatives to what’s being offered today.
I don’t see why they should be restricted if most industries don’t also have similar restrictions.
Re: Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
#10I think that these protectionist measures are ultimately going to hurt the competitiveness of the US auto industry. Exports and international sales are a big, but not overwhelming part of the revenue for major manufacturers. It's something like 20% of GM's revenue, and maybe 35% of Ford's. When they can't compete internationally, it's small enough that executives will convince themselves to focus on their core market in the US. That will in turn lead to production volumes (and hence economies of scale) slowly dropping. Vehicles from American brands are going to become even more unaffordable than they already are,
At least we can hope that newer manufacturers like Slate and Rivian will keep things reasonable, and major foreign brands like Kia and Toyota might bring the fruits of their knowledge from competing internationally to their US models/factories. I'm not hopeful for the long term future of big three though, especially Stellantis and GM.