Polestar Has Document Gross sales in 1st Half of 12 months, However Dealing with Large Problem

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Polestar has simply introduced some nice information — it had a file 30,423 gross sales within the first half of 2026. The corporate achieved 17,296 gross sales within the second quarter, following 13,127 gross sales within the first quarter.

“Delivering file gross sales within the first half of the 12 months, regardless of regulatory and market headwinds, is a big achievement. We proceed to make progress throughout the enterprise, delivering robust development in a number of key markets, particularly within the UK, Germany, South Korea and the Iberia area,” Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller stated.

“We proceed to increase our retail gross sales community, which now stands at 235 websites, a development of 39% in comparison with final 12 months and stay centered on execution throughout the enterprise, as we enter an essential part of latest mannequin launches within the coming months. The primary buyer deliveries of Polestar 5 are set to begin and manufacturing of the Polestar 4 SUV has began, with first deliveries anticipated in the course of the fourth quarter.”

The issue Polestar is going through is that it’s being kicked out of the US market. As a result of it’s a car developed by a Chinese language firm that has related car software program (as all vehicles do today), it’s now not allowed to be offered within the US beginning with the 2027 mannequin 12 months. It was introduced just lately that the US Commerce Division didn’t grant Polestar an exemption from this new rule.

Whereas the Polestar doesn’t get an infinite quantity of gross sales within the US (or typically), the market has been helpful for the model. So, it is a little bit of a success.

Really, within the firm’s announcement about its file first-half-of-year gross sales, Polestar did share its international gross sales in addition to its gross sales minus the US market, presumably to indicate that the corporate might be wonderful. Right here’s the desk:

So, yeah, the US market isn’t crucial for the corporate. Maybe it is going to proceed to set gross sales information even with out the US onboard.