# Trump’s remarkable mess on electric vehicles: How he made them more expensive and harder to find just as he went to war on Iran

- Source: Fortune
- Published: 2026-10-21T11:27:28+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/10/21/trump-electric-vehicles-iran-war-tax-credit/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/trump-s-remarkable-mess-on-electric-vehicles-how-he-made-them-more-exp-15676b/

Before the war, prices for used electric vehicles were still drifting down in the wake of the expired used EV federal tax credit. Then a run on EVs began.

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