The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It? (www.nytimes.com)

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The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The US auto industry was actually the Canadian-Mexican-American “Light-Truck Loophole" industry.

Trump destroyed that with tariffs.

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