{"id":182637,"date":"2026-01-29T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:15:10","slug":"america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"America is falling behind in the global EV race \u2013 that\u2019s going to cost the US auto industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry-274422\">America is falling behind in the global EV race \u2013 that\u2019s going to cost the US auto industry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry-274422\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry-274422<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-29 08:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, automakers emphasized hybrids, updated gasoline models, and efficiency improvements over electric vehicles (EVs), reflecting a recalibration of industry focus in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Major U.S. automakers, Ford and General Motors, faced significant write-downs related to their EV projects, indicating financial setbacks as they postponed or scaled back on electric vehicle plans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The U.S. is pulling back from a transition to EVs that many other parts of the world, including China and Europe, are accelerating, raising concerns about both climate impact and industrial competitiveness. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Global EV sales grow significantly each year, but U.S. sales remain stagnant. In contrast, markets in China, Europe, and emerging countries like Vietnam and Indonesia show significant EV adoption rates.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The global shift towards EVs and the U.S. pullback risk U.S. automakers losing out on cost advantages, learning curves, and production scale efficiency, which are crucial for competitive pricing and innovation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To remain competitive, the U.S. needs to support EV adoption through policies focused on affordability and equity, expanding and maintaining the EV charging network, and ensuring a smooth workforce transition from traditional to new automotive technologies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America is falling behind in the global EV race \u2013 that\u2019s going to cost the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/714895\/original\/file-20260128-56-43di9q.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C181%2C3000%2C1500&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182639,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182637\/revisions\/182639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}