Before you hit play, I’m gonna need you to buckle up for the emotional roller coaster that is America’s EV whiplash. Reuters auto correspondent Nora Eckert is back on the show today to talk about her special report on how Trump’s EV retreat collided with Biden’s push, derailing billions in promised investment and turning the “Battery Belt” from big dreams into delayed plants, retooled factories, and workers left in limbo. Nora and I talked about delayed timelines in Kentucky and Tennessee, gas pickups coming back into the spotlight, the (now dissolved) BlueOval SK joint venture between Ford and SK in Glendale and the massive pivot to energy storage that still might not have the demand to match the hype. We also get into the human side: families who moved for jobs that vanished, workers who blame the EV push rather than Trump, and the lingering question of whether America is handing the future of EVs to China and Europe. In a moment when America could either double down on gas trucks or fight for leadership in EVs, this story shows what’s really happening on the ground. If you care where the next generation of auto jobs, innovation, and investment land, you need to hear this conversation.

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Read the full article here: How Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revival

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