• mlg@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yeah wake me up when they let a single chinese EV get imported for sale or let go of military control in a single OPEC country that they totally aren’t holding because of funni petrodollar

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      7 months ago

      Polestar is a Chinese-owned brand and is available in the US. Chinese cars in general aren’t popular in the US, though. When every other major brand has their own EV available in the US, it’s not like the consumer is hurting for choice. Just affordability.

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          7 months ago

          Polestar is a subsidiary of Volvo Cars. Volvo Cars was bought by Geely in 2010, a private Holding Group owned by Li Shufu, a chinese billionaire.

          Li Shufu is also the chairman of Volvo Cars.

          Polestar was founded and headquartered in Sweden, so it is a swedish company but it is owned by Geely/Li Shufu.

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          7 months ago

          Polestar is owned by Volvo, who themselves are owned by Geely, a Chinese company. Polestar also manufactures most of their models in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

          They are headquartered in Sweden in the same sense that TikTok is headquartered in Los Angeles.