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Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax credit


Save the tax credit.

In a November 14th letter to Trump and his transition team, the auto industry’s main lobbying group urges the new administration to preserve incentives for EV buyers and manufacturers that were enacted under President Joe Biden, arguing these policies keep the US competitive globally while also creating “good jobs.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a mega-donor to Trump and self-proclaimed “first buddy,” would stand to benefit enormously from such a move given his intention to sell steering wheel-less and pedal-less Cybercabs in 2026. Bozzella congratulates him on his victory and professes to agree with him that consumers should be able to choose their own vehicle, playing into the false claim that Biden and Kamala Harris were trying to require Americans to purchase EVs.

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