Federal connected-vehicle rules targeting Chinese technology will block future Polestar models unless regulations change.

Polestar will no longer be allowed to sell new vehicles in the United States beginning with the 2027 model year after the Trump administration denied the Swedish electric-vehicle maker authorization under federal rules governing connected vehicle technology, according to Reuters.

The decision essentially blocks Polestar from introducing new models in the US market as Washington continues to express national security concerns over vehicles with technology tied to China.

Other automakers with Chinese ownership have sought different courses of action. Volvo Cars received authorization from the Commerce Department in May, though the automaker said it must continue demonstrating compliance across its US lineup.

  • Robomekk@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    CarPlay/Android Auto doesn’t require a modem in the car. Your phone already has a modem in it.

    • yogurt@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Commenters wanted BIS to define “integrated or attached hardware or software” to clarify whether software or hardware attached by a Bluetooth device or USB to a vehicle would be subject to the rule, or if the rule includes only integrated technologies. Per its definitions, this final rule is not limited to integrated technologies.

      https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00592/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain-connected-vehicles

      Carplay is also banned. The rule is fake, it’s just pretextual to ban Chinese cars so it will always be stretched to cover any possible Chinese car. The US forced free trade on everybody assuming it would always win, and now that it’s losing it’s just cheating. It needs to stick some kind of bullshit technicality on the treaty violation so it can abuse WTO procedure to loop this case around through appeals for 30 years before China can get a final ruling against the US.

    • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It may not need one for those products, but I promise it has one anyway.

      Internet connectivity in a car should be opt-in with a simple mechanism to enable/disable. No calls to the manufacturer, no dealer trip, no app.

      • JustALurker@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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        3 days ago

        You don’t understand, we don’t need the car to provide a cellular modem to collect data on us. Our phones already provide that.