The killing of a $7,500 tax credit by Trump is the policy change most cited by auto executives for derailing the US EV momentum. But that was only the most prominent in a flurry of pro-fossil-fuel measures that have crippled the industry 1/5 ↧ How Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revival Since Trump returned to office, an array of automotive, environmental, trade and immigration policies has undermined auto-factory projects and employment across America’s heartland.