Polestar Still Has No Idea Why The U.S. Govt. Kicked It Out The automaker was stripped off its authorization to sell cars in the U.S. model year 2027 onward. - Polestar said the Department of Commerce has not yet explained its ban on selling cars in the U.S. - It is arguing that Volvo was granted authorization to sell an EV with an identical software stack. - The automaker has not appealed the Trump administration's decision. Polestar has yet to get an explanation from the U.S. Department of Commerce for its decision to effectively force the automaker out of the American car market. The government denied the automaker, which is owned by China’s Geely Group, authorization to sell cars in the U.S. for model year 2027 onward. Its corporate cousin, Volvo, was granted a special authorization to continue selling its cars in the U.S. In a letter sent to dealers and viewed by The Wall Street Journal (paywall), Polestar said it has yet to hear back from the Trump administration on why it must stop selling EVs in America. The automaker argued that its Polestar 3 electric SUV is mechanically identical to the Volvo EX90, and that both are assembled on the same production line at the Volvo Cars plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina. Gallery: Polestar 3 At the core of all this is the Connected Vehicle rule, which restricts vehicles linked to hardware or software from foreign adversaries such as China and Russia from being sold in the U.S. The rule was finalized by the Biden administration and argues that vehicles connected to Chinese technology, including telematics and advanced driver assistance systems, could pose a national security risk or potentially be used to spy on Americans. “In essence, we are currently focusing on getting the attention of (the Commerce