Polestar CEO tells CNBC ‘pump anxiety’ has made EVs ‘all about money’

Electric-vehicle maker Polestar told CNBC Thursday that “range anxiety” has been replaced by “pump anxiety,” amid worries around a Middle East crisis that has global energy prices soaring. “People are concerned, ‘how much do I pay at the gas station?’” Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe.” The company is seeing increased demand…

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House GOP exits mount as gridlock deepens

House Republicans have a migration problem. More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decisions to give up their seats at the end of their terms, and that number is expected to grow in the coming weeks as lawmakers visit their families for the holidays, complicating Republican efforts to stem the blue wave……

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