Why Is America Suddenly Giving Up on Electric Cars?

Ford cancelled the F-150 Lightning and took a $19.5 billion loss. Stellantis wrote off $26 billion. Honda dropped EVs it had shown at CES. As electric car sales hit records around the world, America went the other way. But did Americans really give up on EVs? We cover the end of the $7,500 tax credit, the EPA's repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, the fight over California's rules, and about $70 billion in automaker write-downs. Then comes the twist: UC Davis research suggests that fewer affordable EVs on the lot hurt sales more than falling demand did. 💬 Is America wisely letting buyers decide, or handing the future of the car to the rest of the world? Tell me in the comments. 👍 Like and subscribe for the next video on the used EV boom. 📚 SOURCES Cox Automotive: https://www.coxautoinc.com/insights/q... Kelley Blue Book: https://www.kbb.com/car-news/the-ev-s... InsideEVs: https://insideevs.com/news/792992/q1-... CleanTechnica: https://cleantechnica.com/2026/07/21/... Electrek: https://electrek.co/2026/03/27/used-e... UC Davis ITS: https://its.ucdavis.edu/blog/ev-cliff... Holland & Knight: https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/pub... Harvard EELP: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker/... Harvard EELP: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker/... California AG: https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-release... ELI: https://www.eli.org/environmental-for... NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-... Reuters/Yahoo: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fords-... Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-t... Ford: https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/e... Automotive Logistics: https://www.automotivelogistics.media... Electrek: https://electrek.co/2026/09/10/ford-b... Electrek: https://electrek.co/2025/12/15/ford-r... Axios: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/ev-s... Autoblog: https://www.autoblog.com/news/major-a... EVXL: https://evxl.co/2026/03/13/automakers... Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ev-wri... Autonocion: https://www.autonocion.com/us/evs-dis... GM News: https://news.gm.com/home.detail.html/... TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/gm-... Charged EVs: https://chargedevs.com/features/2027-... Rest of World: https://restofworld.org/2026/us-ev-sa... Rest of World: https://restofworld.org/2026/iea-glob... Wikipedia (EV1): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General... For informational purposes only. Not financial advice. #ElectricCars #EVNews #Ford #ElectricVehicles #F150Lightning #Stellantis #ChevyBolt #AutoIndustry