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News from Progress Michigan
March 2, 2026
Contact: Levi Teitel, levi@progressmichigan.org
New Poll: Michiganders Say Removal of Electric Vehicle Incentives Has Hurt State Economy Most in First Year of Administration
LANSING, Mich. – A little over a year into the current federal administration, new polling released by Progress Michigan finds that Michiganders believe the removal of electric vehicle manufacturing incentives has had the single greatest negative impact on the state’s economy, highlighting deep concern about the future of Michigan’s auto industry and the transition to clean transportation.
“Michigan has driven America forward for more than a century,” said Levi Teitel, communications and partnership coordinator at Progress Michigan. “Michiganders understand that weakening electric vehicle incentives doesn’t just affect one industry; it affects jobs, supply chains, innovation, and our state’s leadership in the global auto market.”
Major automakers have scaled back EV production or investments and taken financial hits following policy changes and the end of subsidies, underscoring the economic ripple effects across manufacturing states like Michigan.
“Pulling back incentives didn’t just put Michigan jobs and factories at risk; it also slowed the progress we were making on the climate crisis and the shift to electric vehicles that other developed nations are accelerating,” Teitel continued. “Michigan should be leading that transition, not falling behind.”
Polling highlights the need for federal policymakers to recognize the outsized impact national economic and industrial policies have on manufacturing-heavy states.
“When policies weaken the EV sector, Michigan feels it first,” Teitel continued. “If Washington wants a strong American auto industry and a competitive clean-energy future, it needs to support the workers and communities that built it.”
MoE is +/- 3.3 and sample size was 870
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