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Tom Perkins in Detroit

‘Democrats are losing’: a battle on EVs could cost Kamala Harris votes in Michigan

a green sign reads 'electric vehicle charging only'
A sign for electric vehicle charging in Moraga, California, on 10 May 2024. Photograph: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

As the critical swing state of Michigan hangs in the balance, experts warn that Democrats’ poor messaging over the shift to electric vehicles could lose them the state in November’s election.

“I will end the electric vehicle mandate on day one, thereby saving the US auto industry from complete obliteration, which is happening right now,” Donald Trump told the Republican national convention in a speech this summer that would reach tens of millions of people.

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