Andrew J. Hawkins

Transportation editor

The auto industry bet big on EVs, but now its reckoning with slower demand, tariffs, and policy chaos.

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The great EV pullback: all the obstacles, cancellations, and delays

The auto industry bet big on electric vehicles, but now those ambitious goals are falling apart. Demand was already slowing down when Donald Trump took office and took an ax to pro-EV policy: the elimination of the federal EV tax credit, kneecapping clean energy, and bulldozing emissions rules. Tariffs have been taking their toll as well. And now US and European automakers are taking a bath on its EV investments, forcing them to readjust their model lineup. Hybrids are the new bet, and the EV future looks further away than ever — at least for the US. China continues to outpace the rest of the world in EV development, and stands poised to win that future.
Follow along below for all the latest updates about the EV industry.

Lucid’s EV sales slip.

VW’s ID Buzz is taking another year off.

Prologue is past.

The next-gen Porsche Taycan could be on the chopping block.

The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices

Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US

Toyota’s pulling the plug on its new Lexus EV.

Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview

Volvo teases a new affordable EV to replace discontinued EX30

Honda’s hybrid future starts with new Accord and RDX prototypes

Mazda delays its first EV by two years.

Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company

BMW kills the iX in the US, but is still bullish on EVs.

Volkswagen ends ID.4 production in the US.

Sony and Honda ain’t feelin’ the Afeela anymore

All the wrong EVs are getting canceled

Two more EVs for the trash heap: Volvo EX30 and Honda Prologue

Honda cancels Zero Series EVs, citing ‘extremely challenging’ situation

Stellantis is in a crisis of its own making

America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater

Trump’s new ‘Buy American’ requirement for EV charging would dramatically curtail build-out

Stellantis takes a $26 billion hit on EVs.

So much for the Chevy Bolt.

Ford’s big bet on EVs didn’t pan out — now it’s pivoting to hybrids and energy storage

Trump embraces gas guzzlers and air pollution by weakening fuel economy standards

GM to end production of electric Chevy Brightdrop vans

The EV tax credit is gone — now the hard part begins

Honda cancels Acura ZDX in latest casualty of EV pullback

Stellantis cancels Ram 1500 REV as electric truck demand dims

The great EV pullback has begun

Ford lost $5 billion on EVs in 2024, teases new models

Volkswagen cancels ID.7 sedan for US

Hertz is asking EV renters if they want to keep it, permanently

Ford cancels its electric three-row SUV and delays futuristic electric truck

Hertz is selling 20,000 EVs so it can buy more gas guzzlers

The iPhone Duo is a messy, expensive, good time

A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today

EA is shutting down BioWare

Apple Music has a new logo

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