Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too

Trump reversed policies supporting EVs − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too

In a new study, my colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University and I find that fewer electric vehicles will also mean less investment to clean up the electricity sector.

Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too

When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, it was the largest climate bill in U.S. history, with major incentives for electric vehicle production and adoption. In its wake, investment in the U.S. electric vehicle industry accelerated. But in 2025, President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated most of the incentives, and U.S. investment collapsed. Hitting the brakes on electric vehicles will clearly mean …

Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too

This article by Jeremy J. Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University, first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission.

US electric vehicle uptake to hit the brakes on Trump policies

Automakers have curtailed multi-billion-dollar bets on the technology that they made earlier this decade