AFLC STATEMENT ON CONGRESS’S ELECTRIC
VEHICLE GIFT TO CHINA
The American Fleet Leadership Coalition (AFLC) issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the Senate reconciliation package:
WASHINGTON D.C., July 3, 2025 – Following today’s passage of the reconciliation package, the American Fleet Leadership Coalition (AFLC) issued the below statement:
“Despite direct advocacy from dozens of U.S. businesses, municipalities, and non-profit organizations showing how a healthy domestic electric vehicle supply chain creates hundreds of thousands of jobs, furthers energy independence and dominance, and lowers costs for business owners, the Senate and House of Representatives have decided to abruptly terminate the 45W Commercial Clean Vehicle Tax Credit on September 30th this year,” said Josh Green, AFLC spokesperson and CEO of Inspiration Mobility Group. “AFLC’s members and our manufacturing partners were clear, Congress could either endorse a Made-in-America supply chain by adopting a gradual phase out of 45W that yielded 98% of the savings achieved by immediate termination of the credit, or cede this critical industry of the future to China. This legislation takes a sledgehammer to the foundation underpinning the American electric vehicle, battery, and critical mineral sectors. Production of vehicles and their components only makes sense against a backdrop of predictable, growing demand; incentivizing domestic manufacturing while eliminating demand-side programs is not a recipe for long term success.”
45W wasn’t just a policy, it was a pipeline for middle-class jobs, investment in American manufacturing, and clean energy security. Its termination will have the most devastating impact in rural and industrial communities across red districts where EV component factories, battery plants, and logistics hubs are already scaling down production or freezing hiring.