The 2022 Polestar 2.
Under a previous deal, Polestar would sell up to 65,000 vehicles to rental-car company Hertz.
  • Polestar agreed to let Hertz out of a deal to buy its cars for now.
  • Stipulations in the agreement protect Polestar's resale values.
  • EV resale values are already delicate.

One piece of a new agreement to pause sales to Hertz by EV-maker Polestar hints at a larger concern in the electric-car market.

As Hertz sheds a third of its electric-car lineup, executives are beginning to worry the deluge of used EVs could tank resale values.