As US EV Incentives Expire, the Industry Waits to See Demand Trends
Lower-priced electric vehicles may determine whether America's EV market can sustain growth without government subsidies, as manufacturers prepare to launch affordable models into a marketplace suddenly stripped of the federal incentives that have supported sales for nearly two decades. Nissan is bringing a redesigned Leaf to market starting around $30,000, while GM and Ford have budget-friendly EVs in development that could prove whether consumers will embrace electric mobility based purely on vehicle merits rather than tax breaks. Tuesday marked the end of federal EV purchase incentives worth up to $7,500 per vehicle, eliminated under the Trump administration's recent legislative package.…
