BREAKING: 143 Workers in Michigan Laid Off Thanks to Trump’s War on Clean Energy 

This plant is the seventh project to close in Michigan in the last two months

The decision from the General Motors supplier comes weeks after GM announced it would be laying off 1,200 workers at their Detroit plant 

Washington, DC – Avancez, a supplier for General Motors’ All-Electric Factory Zero Plant, is permanently laying off 143 workers at their Oakland County, Michigan plant. The news comes less than three weeks after General Motors announced that they would be laying off 1,200 workers at their electric vehicle plant in Detroit, along with hundreds of additional permanent and temporary layoffs at battery plants in Ohio and Tennessee. 

Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to clean energy projects around the country, making it more expensive to buy EVs and jacking up energy costs for Americans. As Trump and Republicans escalate their attacks on clean energy, China is stepping in to fill the gap. Thanks to Trump, China is leading the way in the race to define our energy future, leaving American families with nothing but pink slips and skyrocketing utility bills. 

Climate Power Senior Advisor Jesse Lee issued the following statement:

“Trump promised to bring back American manufacturing, but he’s produced nothing but imaginary foreign investments and very real layoffs in Michigan.  His war on clean energy is shuttering factories across the country and handing modern manufacturing to China on a platter. American families are already struggling with higher costs thanks to Trump’s reckless policies, and now, they’re losing good-paying jobs too. Americans have had enough of Republicans’ broken promises and in 2026, they’re going to hold them accountable at the ballot box.” 

Trump’s reckless energy policies are leaving a trail of shuttered projects across the country:

• A battery plant canceled a project in Missouri, citing “regulatory changes”, killing 1,000 jobs. 

• Leading Light Wind pulled the plug on construction of an offshore wind project in New Jersey that would have generated enough electricity to power a million homes. 

• A solar firm in North Carolina laid off 78% of its workforce after filing for bankruptcy due to renewable energy policy changes under the Trump administration.  

• QCells, a solar manufacturing plant in Georgia, announced that it would be furloughing 1,000 workers and permanently laying off an additional 300.

• In just two months, six clean energy projects were closed in Michigan, including most recently, two electric vehicle battery plants that laid off 324 workers. 

• Last month, General Motors laid off 1,200 workers at its electric vehicle plant in Detroit, along with hundreds of additional permanent and temporary layoffs at battery plants in Ohio and Tennessee. 

• In October, Topsoe cited the repeal of clean energy tax credits as a reason for canceling 150 jobs and a $400 million investment in their Richmond, Virginia facility. 

• Earlier last month, Fox 2 Detroit reported that over 100 employees at Dana Incorporated, an electric vehicle battery component manufacturer in Auburn Hills, Michigan, had been laid off.

• General Motors canceled a $55 million factory that would have created 300 jobs, citing “decisions of the DOE”. 

• Fortescue blamed U.S. “policy settings” and the elimination of “critical tax credits” in Trump and Republicans’ budget bill for the cancellation of their $210 million Detroit EV battery factory. 

• Trump used the government shutdown as an opportunity to sow even more chaos and uncertainty for American workers by cancelling $8 billion in investments in states that did not vote for him. The Trump administration has put $24 billion for energy projects on the chopping block since May. 

• Trump’s federal energy policies contributed to battery startup, Natron Energy, shutting down and canceling its planned $1.4 billion factory in Eastern North Carolina, which would have created 1,000 jobs. 

• Blue Ridge Power blamed insurmountable “market headwinds” impacting the renewable energy industry for their decision to lay off 517 workers in North Carolina. 

• Trump planned to revoke federal permitting for a Maryland wind farm, which would have powered 718,000 homes and supported more than 1,300 jobs.