Polestar Dealer Claims Brand Engineered It's Own Ban With Trump Administration

Polestar’s American future looked settled in June. That’s when the Commerce Department denied the EV maker authorization to sell 2027-model-year vehicles and beyond. Now, one of its New Jersey retailers says that explanation leaves out the most important part. Prestige Imports has sued Polestar for at least $25 million. It alleges the company used the regulatory decision to mask a retreat it had been planning for years. The case could decide whether Polestar was genuinely forced out or found a really useful door marked “exit.”