Manufacturing Layoffs Continue in Michigan Auto-Industry Thanks to Trump’s War on Clean Energy
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The news comes as Trump’s reckless energy policies drive our closest ally to purchase EVs from China
Washington, DC – Another electric vehicle battery manufacturing company in Detroit is laying off 29 employees, the latest in a long string of manufacturing plants that have laid off workers or shuttered their doors thanks to Trump and Republicans. In Michigan alone, 20 clean energy and EV manufacturing projects have been put on hold or canceled under Trump’s watch. As Trump’s reckless energy policies continue to decimate American manufacturing, China has been more than happy to step in to fill the gap by signing a trade deal with Canada, one of our closest allies.
The news comes just one week after Trump’s speech in Detroit, where he desperately tried to spin his abysmal jobs record, but 7,615 jobs in the state have been canceled or delayed under his watch. Trump’s war on clean energy has canceled or stalled 167,386 clean energy jobs – sending jobs overseas and hiking up utility costs by 13%.
Climate Power Senior Advisor Jesse Lee issued the following statement: “While China is sprinting ahead in the race to power the future world economy, Trump is dragging American auto manufacturing backwards and driving our closest allies to buy from our competitors. One year into his second term, Trump and Republicans have taken a sledgehammer to clean energy projects that would have created jobs and lowered utility bills that are skyrocketing nationwide, while handing China an edge in modern manufacturing on a platter. These layoffs are just the latest in a long string of shuttered factories and broken promises, and in November, every Michigan Republican who cosigned Trump’s reckless agenda is going to pay the price at the ballot box.”
Trump’s reckless energy policies are leaving a trail of shuttered projects across the country:
- In just two months, seven clean energy projects were closed in Michigan, including General Motors laying 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, 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.