{"id":422659,"date":"2026-01-23T17:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=422659"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:48:55","slug":"for-the-future-of-evs-what-policy-is-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=422659","title":{"rendered":"For The Future of EVs, What Policy Is “Stupid”?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Manhattan Contrarian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Francis Menton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the past couple of years, I have had several posts here expressing skepticism about whether electric vehicles (EVs) were really the wave of the future. Most recently, I had a post on December 17 noting<\/a> the rapid decline of EV sales in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2025, following the expiration of certain tax credits on September 30. Overall, my take has been that the EV market has been propped up by government subsidies and benefits and, like all business’s dependent on government handouts, would likely shrink drastically (if not completely disappear) without them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a different take, you might wonder where The New York Times stands on this. Well, I have your answer. Yesterday, they gave over a big chunk of their editorial page to an op-ed by a guy named Bill Saporito, headlined \u201c$25 Billion. That\u2019s What Trump Cost Detroit.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thesis is that EVs are wondrous products, and that American EVs would be conquering the world, and earning big profits for the automakers, but for a \u201cwar\u201d against EVs instigated by President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Saporito, if you haven\u2019t heard of him, is a business journalist who has really been around the block in mainstream publications, mostly under the umbrella of the former Time, Inc. He has been a big-time writer and\/or editor at outlets like Fortune, Inc., and Time, where he has been Assistant Managing Editor and was at some point in charge of both business and sports. (Maybe he is as responsible as anyone for running the whole-Time, Inc. enterprise into the ground.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Bill, what is your take on EVs? According to Saporito, the recent massive write-downs of investments in EVs by Ford ($19.5 billion) and GM ($6 billion) have been caused by \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s gratuitous war against electric vehicles,\u201d<\/em> which \u201cis forcing manufacturers to return to an increasingly outdated past.\u201d<\/em> The CEOs of those companies have been trying to make all the right moves to \u201cfutureproof\u201d their enterprises in shifting marketplaces but, says Saporito, \u201cit is pretty difficult to futureproof your company against stupid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saporito continues that EVs are an \u201cobviously beneficial\u201d technology, and that Trump\u2019s war on them is motivated by some combination of vindictiveness, spite, and ignorance of the importance of \u201cclimate change.\u201d In short, \u201cstupid\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Trump\u2019s efforts to undermine an obviously beneficial technology are something that, as far as I can tell, no large American company previously encountered. . .. One big reason for Mr. Trump\u2019s rejection of E.V.s is simple: President Joe Biden championed them as his administration pushed greener forms of transportation and energy. . .. The vindictive, oil-loving Mr. Trump, who equates green with woke and views climate change as heresy, has worked assiduously to undo it, working to cancel consumer tax incentives and billions in funds for E.V. charging and battery manufacturing projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Remarkably, despite the extremely harsh language directed at Trump, Saporito doesn\u2019t mention anything that the supposed \u201cwar\u201d consists of beyond the withdrawal of previous subsidies and tax credits. Since when is a business entitled to subsidies and tax credits? Outside social welfare fields like education and health care, nearly all businesses operate without government handouts. Is the government conducting a \u201cwar\u201d against people who make computers, or who build houses, by not offering them subsidies and tax credits?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the final crushing piece of evidence to prove his case that rushing to EVs is \u201cobviously beneficial,\u201d Saporito cites the apparent success of Chinese EV champion BYD. They are leaving us in their dust!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[GM\u2019s foreign competitors] remain fully committed to E.V.s. That\u2019s especially true of China, where BYD has become the world\u2019s largest E.V. maker, overtaking Tesla. BYD started as a battery maker and now exports its low-priced E.V.s to more than 70 countries. Eventually, the United States will be one of them. Our ability to compete with BYD and other Chinese competitors is being undermined.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I wonder if Saporito is keeping up with the latest on BYD, let alone the Chinese EV market generally. Here is a piece from the Vision Times from December 16, headline \u201cBYD Faces Mounting Inventory and Surging Debt as Quality Complaints Flood the Internet.\u201d<\/a> (To be fair, Vision Times is uniformly highly critical of the Chinese government and its policies.). Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In short, BYD\u2019s net profit fell by nearly one-third in the first three quarters of 2025, while its debt burden surged several-fold. Although BYD still ranked first in China\u2019s new-energy vehicle market with retail sales of 307,000 units in November 2025, year-on-year sales dropped sharply by 26.5 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It seems that China is also in the process of withdrawing subsidies and tax credits for purchases of EVs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With government trade-in subsidies being reduced or suspended and the halving of new-energy vehicle purchase tax incentives set for next year, consumer willingness to buy cars has weakened or been postponed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Does that mean that China is also conducting a \u201cwar\u201d on EVs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vision Times piece concludes by quoting a blogger calling himself \u201cCold-Eyed Finance\u201d on the subject of the Chinese EV manufacturing sector:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cChina\u2019s electric vehicle industry has no easy way out. Overcapacity is the core problem. Manufacturers are locked in vicious internal competition, slashing prices and costs. The result is mounting losses while production continues. After this phase, it will be a test of endurance\u2014and many won\u2019t last. A wave of bankruptcies in China\u2019s EV sector is likely to accelerate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I would suggest to Mr. Saporito that it might take a bit more analysis to figure out what the \u201cstupid\u201d policies are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a different take, you might wonder where The New York Times stands on this. Well, I have your answer. Yesterday, they gave over a big chunk of their editorial page to an op-ed by a guy named Bill Saporito, headlined \u201c$25 Billion. That\u2019s What Trump Cost Detroit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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