Rolling Back EV Policy Harms Workers, Consumers and U.S. Automakers
WASHINGTON D.C. – President-elect Trump’s transition team has recommended drastic changes to United States policy on electric vehicles, including cutting subsidies for EV vehicles, and shifting funding away from building charging infrastructure, according to reporting by Reuters.
In response, Will Anderson, ZEV policy advocate with Public Citizen’s Climate Program, issued the following statement:
“Trump’s proposal to shuffle billions from investments in charging infrastructure and the clean vehicles tax credits toward ‘national defense’ would not only keep dirty cars on our roads longer, but would take away blue collar job opportunities for installing charging stations all over the U.S.
“Reversing the Inflation Reduction Act’s electric vehicle tax credit undermines American automakers’ ability to stay competitive in a global sales market that is rapidly shifting toward electric vehicles. More than 300,000 consumers purchased American-made electric vehicles using the tax credit, saving them over $2 billion this year as of October. Such a short-sighted reversal of policy would not only hurt American consumers and American workers, it would perpetuate dirty vehicles in American neighborhoods across the country.”