{"id":409421,"date":"2025-10-21T12:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=409421"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:31:47","slug":"automakers-slowing-ev-production-after-bidens-freebies-bite-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=409421","title":{"rendered":"Automakers Slowing EV Production After Biden\u2019s Freebies Bite Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Guest essay by Audrey Streb <\/a>DCNF Energy Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several major automakers including General Motors (GM) are switching gears when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs) now that the policy landscape has shifted and federal tax credits are expiring, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GM noted in a Tuesday Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing<\/a> that the \u201creassessment of our EV capacity and manufacturing footprint\u201d is \u201congoing\u201d and that it will record a $1.2 billion accounting charge \u201cas a result of adjustments to our EV capacity.\u201d GM also recently pivoted<\/a> to redirect what was planned as a New York EV plant to produce V-8 engines while several other automakers including Stellantis and Ford have also recently canceled<\/a> or delayed<\/a> some EV models as the Trump administration and Congress move to roll back Biden-era EV mandates and incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeneral Motors built its EV strategy on government handouts, mandates they refused to fight, and pressure from the ESG cartel, not on consumer demand. Now that Biden\u2019s subsidies are drying up, the market correction is exposing how artificial that demand really was,\u201d Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThe EV push distorted the entire auto industry, forcing companies to chase political favor instead of building cars people actually want. This isn\u2019t a failure of innovation; it\u2019s a failure of central planning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration pushed<\/a> for EVs through tax credits and allowed<\/a> California to effectively impose a national de facto EV mandate. Congress and President Donald Trump blocked<\/a> the EV mandate and slashed many federal EV incentives, including most recently the $7,500 tax credit, which expired on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GM noted in its Tuesday filing that it expected the \u201cadoption rate of EVs to slow\u201d after the recent U.S. policy changes, which included the \u201ctermination of certain consumer tax incentives for EV purchases and the reduction in the stringency of emissions regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several energy policy experts previously explained<\/a> to the DCNF that the long-standing<\/a> $7,500 tax credit expanded<\/a> and extended under the Biden administration distorted markets and threatened consumer choice. Critics like Isaac and senior fellow at the Energy & Environment Legal Institute Steve Milloy argue that these production changes highlighted the market distortion caused by Biden-era policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGM\u2019s problem is that it has allowed the government to decide what consumers should drive. First the government mindlessly demanded ever-greater fuel economy. Then it mandated even more expensive and less practical EVs. Consumers wanted neither,\u201d Milloy told the DCNF. \u201cWhile consumers could be compelled to pay more for the SUVs they wanted, the government could not make them buy EVs they didn\u2019t want. President Trump has entirely upended about 50 years of car industry kowtowing to the government. GM shareholders are now paying (once again) for folly of government-mandated cars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GM did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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