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Dealerships in general are in trouble on all fronts because their business model is slowly deteriorating around them. They are desperately trying to hold onto their peice of the pie, and it's ultimately a losing battle. More cars are being (and will be) sold through non-commissioned channels, and EVs require a fraction of the service that always padded dealer profits.

It seems the Volvo dealers aren't going down without a fight here and are holding the servicing arrangements hostage in their negotiations with Polestar. I hope Polestar will be able to keep it together so their Spaces in the USA don't become dealers by a different name, with markups and shady financing.

I guess we'll find out soon enough. If the final financing/lease offers that come out have a lot of unexplained fees (like the current confirmation page has...), we'll see that the Spaces are just dealerships by a different name, regardless of what Polestar HQ claims. If the info is more straight up and as advertised on the configurator page, then there's hope after all.