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Polestar will not sell electric vehicles in the United States for model year 2027 or any subsequent year after the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security refused to grant the automaker an authorization under the Connected Vehicle Rule.
The company confirmed the outcome in a press release, framing the regulatory denial as the direct cause of its U.S.
The Rule That Closed the Door The Connected Vehicle Rule, enacted under the Biden administration, prohibits the import and sale in the United States of any vehicle whose software originates from countries the federal government designates as adversarial.
Polestar had sought a specific authorization — a formal exemption pathway built into the rule — that would have allowed its vehicles to remain on sale despite that software linkage.
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