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Michael Lohscheller
Chief Executive Officer
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Assumed the CEO mantle in August 2024 following senior leadership stints as CEO of Opel, CEO of VinFast, and President of Nikola. Appointed by Chairman Eric Li to transition Polestar from a design-focused startup into a disciplined, high-margin, volume-delivering industrial powerhouse. Focused on executing commercial global rollouts for Polestar 3 and 4 while diversifying production to South Carolina and South Korea to bypass Western EV tariffs.
Legacy
Brought veteran European automotive manufacturing and commercial rigor to steer Polestar through intense EV market restructuring and margin recovery.