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Polestar's showroom in Oslo, Norway. In October 2017, Volvo Cars and Geely Holding announced that Polestar would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [27] The brand introduced the Polestar 1 on 17 October 2017, a 2+2 coupé inspired by Volvo's Concept Coupé introduced in 2013, which includes influences from the Volvo P1800.
However, since 2017, the Chinese government had indicated that it would liberalize foreign control in the automotive sector, allowing full ownership by foreign companies. [8] In 2017, Tesla was allowed to set up a plant in Shanghai city, making it the first foreign automaker to open a wholly owned factory in China. [9]
It assembles its Polestar 2 sedan crossover and Polestar 3 at a facility in Chengdu, China — and those cars are subject to the US tariffs of 100% on Chinese-made EVs, a policy implemented by the ...
Before 2010, the traditional "Big Four" refers to the four major state-owned car manufacturers, SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng and Changan. Other Chinese car manufacturers, both from public and private sectors, like Geely, BAIC, BYD, Chery, GAC, Great Wall, JAC and Seres emerged as the major players with the expansion of Chinese automotive industry.
Polestar was previously owned by Volvo, which is now owned by Geely. Polestar also plans to build its Polestar 3 at a Volvo factory in South Carolina, which would allow it to also avoid tariffs.
Polestar stock slid 8.7% on Thursday after the luxury electric vehicle maker cut its near and long-term production forecasts and is raising new funding from its backers, Volvo Cars and China’s ...
Automobile manufacturers are companies and organizations that produce motor vehicles. Many of these companies are still in business, and many of the companies are defunct. Only companies that have articles on Wikipedia are included in this l
Polestar was once a racing team that transformed Volvo's cars into high-performance racing vehicles. Volvo, which was acquired by the Chinese automaker Geely in 2010, bought Polestar's brand in ...