Key Points
One consequence of this electoral quirk is that the candidates have said plenty about electric cars, and dropped lots of hints about how the electric revolution might fare during their administrations..
Now Trumpwith the backing of at least a Republican US Senatewill retake control of the federal government, and its clear that his administration will take a different approach to electric vehicles than his predecessor, complicating the industrys 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..
(EVs are by and large still more expensive than internal-combustion cars.) 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 industrys emphasis on electric vehicles would make it easier for China to take over the global auto industry...
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