Trump Won. What Will Happen to Electric Vehicles?
WiredDonald Trump picked up 15 electoral votes when he won Michigan on Election Day, another big win that helped to hand the Republican candidate his second presidential term. Now Trump—with the backing of at least a Republican US Senate—will retake control of the federal government, and it’s clear that his administration will take a different approach to electric vehicles than his predecessor, complicating the industry’s position as it attempts to electrify. During his nomination speech in July of this year, Trump pledged to “end the electric vehicle mandate on day one,” a reference to the Biden administration's goal to convert half of all vehicle sales to EVs by 2030. Trump has called federal spending on electric vehicles and their chargers a part of “the Green New scam,” a play on the US Congress' bipartisan “Green New Deal” funding package. Earlier this year, he told a Michigan audience that the industry’s emphasis on electric vehicles would make it easier for China to take over the global auto industry.
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