The ending of a $7,500 tax credit is the policy change most cited by auto executives for derailing US EV momentum. But that was only one of the most prominent in a flurry of pro-fossil-fuel Trump measures that have crippled the EV industry ↧ 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.