Polestar delivers the primary US-made Polestar 3 EVs

The primary American-made Polestar EVs are actually on the street. The Swedish automaker said on Friday it delivered the primary Polestar 3 SUVs to US and Canadian clients. The Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Biden in 2022, incentivizes automakers to fabricate EVs within the US, providing tax credit for corporations and patrons.

Polestar started stateside Polestar 3 production 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 choose up steam within the coming weeks. You possibly can take one for a spin for those who stay close to one of many automaker’s Polestar Spaces, primarily brand-building fancy showrooms in or close to main US cities.

The Polestar 3 is billed as the corporate’s coming-out occasion, increasing the area of interest attain of the primary two fashions to a extra mainstream viewers. Engadget’s Tim Stevens tested the EV last month and located that, other than a number of early software program glitches, the $73,400 and up SUV is “nice.”