Chinese EV brand's UK MD Matt Galvin has joined its Swedish rival, with no replacement lined up
Nio's UK boss Matt Galvin has left for rival company Polestar with no replacement in the frame, raising questions over the Chinese EV brand’s long-mooted plans for a UK launch. Galvin had been at Nio for two years, having previously spent six years as commercial director at Volvo UK. Before that, he headed up used car operations for Mercedes-Benz and previously worked in the remarketing division at Renault.
Marius Hayler, boss of Nio's German operations, is also joining Polestar, to run the firm's Nordic and Norway business. Autocar has approached Nio for an official comment. Nio is facing a stiff 21% import tariff on all cars it sells in Europe from July, under a new framework set up by the EU to compensate for significant state subsidisation of Chinese EV manufacturing.
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