The primary American-made Polestar EVs are actually on the street. The Swedish automaker stated on Friday it delivered the primary Polestar 3 SUVs to US and Canadian clients. The Inflation Discount Act, signed by President Biden in 2022, incentivizes automakers to fabricate EVs within the US, providing tax credit for corporations and consumers.
Polestar started stateside Polestar 3 manufacturing in August at its Ridgeville, South Carolina plant. These automobiles will serve North American and European markets, complementing the corporate’s extra established manufacturing in Chengdu, China.
The automaker says American and Canadian Polestar 3 deliveries will decide up steam within the coming weeks. You’ll be able to take one for a spin when you dwell close to one of many automaker’s Polestar Areas, primarily brand-building fancy showrooms in or close to main US cities.
The Polestar 3 is billed as the corporate’s coming-out celebration, increasing the area of interest attain of the primary two fashions to a extra mainstream viewers. Engadget’s Tim Stevens examined the EV final month and located that, aside from just a few early software program glitches, the $73,400 and up SUV is “great.”
