The Republican Assault on EVs Is Almost Complete: Liam Denning

Electric vehicles are built mainly with carrots and sticks. Republicans have now moved to take away both, with a tax bill rescinding EV credits and a Senate maneuver to overturn California’s power to ban gas guzzlers. Together, they deal an enormous blow to a US electric vehicle market that was struggling already — but also to US autos as a whole.

Sales of EVs, including plug-in hybrids, almost quintupled during the first three years of former President Joe Biden’s administration, according to figures from New AutoMotive, a UK-based research firm. That slowed sharply in 2024, however. Despite an EV price war, ...