President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking a goal that ensured that half of new vehicles sold in the U.S. were to be battery-powered by 2030. 

The project of moving America away from Electric Vehicles may not be that simple. It’s also a directional change of where the country was going less than a year ago, with auto companies spending millions on new electric vehicles and technology. 

Wall Street Journal's Detroit Bureau Chief Mike Colias joins The Metro. He just published the book, “Inevitable,” which is about how the transition to electric vehicles is happening, despite it being a messy project.

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