cm0002@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoUS finalizes rule to effectively ban Chinese vehicles, which could include Polestarwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarecygnuslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoVolvo only owns a minority stake of Polestar so Volvo is (at least on paper) much less “Chinese” than Polestar.
minus-squarecygnuslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-219 hours agoYes but still based in Gothenburg. Edit: oops, I thought Polestar did not, but they have a Swedish HQ too. I would personally consider Volvo a Chinese company now, but there’s evidently some nuance here that I’m missing.
minus-squareAvid Amoebalinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoDunno. I’m guessing they are banning on a more granular basis.
Wouldn’t this also ban Volvos then?
Volvo only owns a minority stake of Polestar so Volvo is (at least on paper) much less “Chinese” than Polestar.
Volvo is owned by Geely.
Yes but still based in Gothenburg.Edit: oops, I thought Polestar did not, but they have a Swedish HQ too.I would personally consider Volvo a Chinese company now, but there’s evidently some nuance here that I’m missing.
Dunno. I’m guessing they are banning on a more granular basis.