I stumbled across Trumps latest campaign rally speech last night (carried live on Sky News) and, love him or loathe him, he’s box office! He talked about EV’s (as Elon Musk has declared for him this week) and said that whilst he thinks they are great, you can’t force people to buy them when the upfront costs are so high and the range is so poor compared to ICE vehicles. Whether people agree with that or not doesn’t matter. He will be President again in a matter of months and major shifts in America tend to have knock on ramifications here.
Important to remember with Trump is that he doesn’t care about the environment, never has, never will. He believes climate change is a lie, has a bizarre thing about wind turbines and electric boats. He has the backing of oil companies in the US; they want more protected lands to dig on and so Trump is pushing for an end to electric car mandates.
Musk? He’s made his money, he’s just trying to solidify a hold on power.
Point is that the car industry will follow the politics but it doesn’t mean the political angle espoused by those seeking control is for the sake of the consumer.