Oh no! I didn’t know that. I was considering getting a Polestar a few years ago, but ended up getting a BMW instead (an iX, then an i4)

They said they’re just gonna withdraw and focus on the European market instead.

Makes sense. In the end, the USA only accounts for around 7.5% of EV sales globally so it doesn’t make sense to overindex on US sales when it’s much easier for them to sell in other countries.

There’s some Chinese EVs in the USA - you can buy BYD busses, trucks and forklifts (we use BYD busses at work for transportation between buildings), and Waymo’s new van-looking cars are manufactured by Zeekr.

The Polestar 4 and Volvo EX30 are also both built on a Chinese platform (Geely / Zeekr) but the US is OK with them since they’re partially manufactured in South Korea and partially in the USA at Volvo’s factories.

The issue is that there’s huge tariffs, it’s hard to get Chinese cars approved to sell in the US, plus the US is still mostlyl holding on to the legacy dealership model. The Chinese cars are so much better and cheaper than US brands, but the US has to protect the dying legacy US brands.