{"id":2372940,"date":"2024-11-24T17:57:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/electric-vehicle-industry-at-crossroads-not-a-dead-end-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T18:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T23:01:55","slug":"electric-vehicle-industry-at-crossroads-not-a-dead-end-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/electric-vehicle-industry-at-crossroads-not-a-dead-end-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric vehicle industry at crossroads, not a dead end &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felectric-vehicle-industry-at-crossroads-not-a-dead-end-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the electric vehicle (EV) industry&#8217;s potential trajectory as \u200bit faces\u200c uncertainty with\u200c the incoming Trump\u200d administration. Ben Prochazka, executive director \u2064of the Electrification Coalition, noted \u2064that regardless of national policies, significant local and state efforts are supporting transportation electrification.\u2063 With key\u2062 figures like Elon\u200c Musk\u2062 involved in the new administration, \u200bthere is hope that the EV sector will receive attention \u2063and support.<\/p>\n<p>Challenges loom, particularly surrounding \u2064potential changes to EV incentives and tax credits, amid concerns \u2063of a broader\u2063 &#8220;anti-EV agenda.&#8221; However, Prochazka suggests that tariffs and deregulation might benefit the sector, depending on \u2062execution. Willett Kempton from the University of\u2064 Delaware echoes that while policies could slow growth,\u2062 they \u200dwon\u2019t halt it entirely, as the \u2062cost advantages and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-looks-to-beat-china-in-tech-war-approves-250-billion-for-research-and-development\/\" title=\"Senate Looks To Beat China In Tech War, Approves 0 Billion For Research And Development\">long-term trends<\/a> favor EVs.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b article emphasizes \u200bthat\u2063 electric vehicles should\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zachary-marschall-progressives-scold-parents-for-book-burning-as-they-fill-school-libraries-with-smut\/\" title=\"Zachary Marschall: Progressives Scold Parents for &quot;Book Burning&quot; as They Fill School Libraries With Smut\">transcend political divides<\/a>, framing the growth of the industry as critical for national\u200d security and economic competitiveness. With approximately 2.5 \u200bmillion EVs registered in the U.S., there is a clear \u2064call \u2062for the nation \u2062to lead \u200bin\u2063 this global shift towards electrification.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Electric vehicle industry at crossroads, not a dead end<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1890861\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Momentum is with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-analyst-says-ev-charging-more-expensive-than-gas\/\" title=\"Energy Analyst Says EV Charging More Expensive Than Gas\">emerging electric vehicle industry<\/a> even with many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">question marks surrounding energy policy<\/a> as the Trump administration takes office in January, observers of the industry say.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;At the local and state level, there&rsquo;s an incredible amount of energy and action taking place to support transportation electrification,&rdquo; Ben Prochazka, executive director of the Electrification Coalition, told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>With Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, playing a significant role in President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s election and chosen with Vivek Ramaswamy to head his new Department of Government Efficiency, it is also unlikely that the electric vehicle industry will be neglected nationally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hope is that Elon Musk has influence in the new administration, which does look to be the case,&rdquo; said Prochazka. &ldquo;Hopefully, that means there&rsquo;s a great recognition around the economic benefits that exist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-pushes-400-gas-price-relief-payments-as-california-fuel-prices-reach-record-levels\/\" title=\"Newsom Pushes 0 Gas Price Relief Payments As California Fuel Prices Reach Record Levels\">electric vehicle incentive<\/a> or tax credit programs &ndash; different than mandates &ndash; might be affected by Trump&rsquo;s moves to cut spending. Mainstream outlets have already proclaimed that Trump has an &ldquo;anti-EV agenda,&rdquo; as a group of automakers urged him to retain a national $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicle purchases.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Prochazka said tariffs and the deregulation of the domestic automotive industry could play a positive role in the electric vehicle industry, depending on how they are &ldquo;established.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With any new administration, there&rsquo;s always going to be question marks about what the prevailing winds are,&rdquo; explained Prochazka, whose nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition engages in policy development, advocacy campaigns and consumer education. &ldquo;Everything has the potential to be reevaluated and then changed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Willett Kempton is in the University of Delaware&rsquo;s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and has research interests in offshore wind power, electric vehicles and public environmental beliefs and values. He agrees with Prochazka that a lot is still up in the air about Trump&rsquo;s policy approach to the electric vehicle industry.<\/p>\n<p>Certain policies could potentially &ldquo;slow down&rdquo; growth domestically, he said. Yet, that wouldn&rsquo;t permanently stop growth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;National governments can slow this growth by policy changes, but that doesn&rsquo;t change the cost advantages nor the long-term trends,&rdquo; Kempton told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Republicans generally have been notably skeptical about electric vehicles and especially mandates for them, preferring those powered by fossil fuels. Reliability is among the key drivers of the party&rsquo;s choice when it comes to opposition of the broader green agenda of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s involvement has the potential to change that skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka said he is hopeful for that, emphasizing that his organization believes that electric vehicles should not be a partisan issue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The last election ultimately created more partisan views on electrification,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are working really hard to make sure it&rsquo;s clear that transportation electrification is not a red or a blue issue, but it&rsquo;s really about what&rsquo;s better for the country, especially when you look at it through the lens of global competition. We need to maintain our automotive leadership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For Prochazka, growing the eclectic vehicle industry is an issue of both &ldquo;national and economic security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The automotive sector is a trillion dollar a year industry that has millions and millions of jobs that are a part of the U.S. automotive sector,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So, as the world goes electric, we need to compete so that we can not only maintain our current market share, but hopefully grow it. There&rsquo;s a global race to electrification.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There are nearly 2.5 million electric vehicles registered throughout the nation, with the highest percentage of those in California. Even then, only 2.5% of the vehicles in California are electric vehicles and only 6.8% of the vehicles sold nationwide in 2024 were electric.<\/p>\n<p>Kempton and Prochazka say the transition to electric vehicles will be inevitable and that America should be the nation leading it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The shift to electric vehicles is worldwide and there are so many advantages to EVs that this will proceed,&rdquo; Kempton said. &ldquo;In most territories, clean energy is already the lowest-cost electricity source and largest amount of new generation being installed. These are driven by market forces and producer projections of where the most future growth will be. So, I would not call these &lsquo;movements&rsquo; but rather markets or growth trends and adoption of new technologies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Only 38% of United States adults say they would even consider buying an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prochazka said he believes that will continue to change, both as there are nationally moves to protect the economic interests of the United States and as more people get familiar with electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to also make sure the U.S. is moving as quickly as possible, so that we can compete with the sort of global efforts to electrify,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Most people have not gotten behind the wheel and have not plugged one in. I think it&rsquo;s something that people really just need to try, because then they&rsquo;ll realize this is a much better vehicle. It&rsquo;s just about getting people behind the wheel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1890861\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1890861\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric vehicle industry is at a pivotal point, not finished<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2372941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24122800192369-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33451,45636,45635,33453,32076],"class_list":["post-2372940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-future-of-mobility","tag-industry-analysis","tag-sustainable-transportation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24122800192369-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372944,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372940\/revisions\/2372944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}