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How Michigan's EV industry is responding to Trump's policy changes

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77% Informative

More than $27 billion is being poured into some 60 EV manufacturing and battery projects in the state.

Michigan is home to hundreds of supply companies in addition to the automakers.

President Trump signed an executive order promising to eliminate an EV “mandate” Monday .

Some automakers have pulled back plans to go electric, though the pace of the sales growth slowed from the year before .

“I’m having a wait and see approach when it comes to Michigan and how all those things are going to pan out,” CEO Q Johnson told the AP . He regularly works with people in the Michigan EV industry, and said he doesn’t expect them to dramatically change direction. Why? “We’re determined not to be left behind.” Support Provided By: Learn more Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm..

VR Score

77

Informative language

73

Neutral language

69

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

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short-lived

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