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Polestar may use US plant to sell cars to Europe as EU-China tension rises
Apr 23, 2024 11:37 PM

BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - Chinese-backed Swedish

electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar Automotive is

preparing to shift production of cars it plans to sell into

Europe to its U.S. plant from China in view of rising

geopolitical tension, its CEO said.

Asked how Polestar is preparing for a European probe into

Chinese-made EVs possibly leading to increased tariffs, Thomas

Ingenlath said the automaker is exploring the idea of exporting

the Polestar 3 made in South Carolina to the European Union.

Polestar builds the majority of its cars in the Chinese

cities of Chengdu and Taizhou. It started production in South

Carolina this year and plans to build a facility in South Korea.

It was founded by Sweden's Volvo Cars and

China's Geely but Volvo has handed most of its stake

to shareholders including Geely after saying in February it

would stop funding the venture.

Volvo Cars is majority-owned by Geely.

Export efforts by Chinese EV makers have come under scrutiny

in recent months in Europe and the U.S. who accuse China of

exporting overcapacity.

The European Commission in October began investigating

whether cheaper, Chinese-made EVs benefit unfairly from state

subsidies. China has called the investigation protectionist.

Ingenlath, in an interview late on Tuesday, said this made

production cost calculations "complex".

"We actually are in limbo there because we of course don't

know where the investigation is going," he said.

Polestar is therefore preparing as much as possible,

Ingenlath said.

"The direction to go to a global footprint and manufacturing

is something we have accelerated."

Analysts have said the automaker's shareholding shake-up

illustrates increasing difficulty for EV startups as sales

growth slows and financial loss deepens.

Geely and a private investment firm owned by Geely founder

Eric Li now own a combined 69% of Polestar, while Volvo Cars'

stake is 18% from an initial 49%.

Ingenlath said he did not anticipate the shareholding change

to affect the automaker's day-to-day operation.

Polestar delivered 54,600 cars globally in 2024 and has set

a goal to deliver 155,000 to 165,000 cars in 2025. It posted a

40% drop in first-quarter deliveries but expects deliveries of

its luxury Polestar 3 and 4 SUVs to accelerate this year.

Ingenlath said the automaker aspires to a sales breakdown of

40% in Europe, 30% in the United States and 30% in the

Asia-Pacific region.

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