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Electric vehicle backlash has Michigan Dems on defensive

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Trump campaign ad: Kamala Harris wants to end all gas powered cars.

It's part of a broader critique Trump and Republicans have leveled at Democrats this election cycle.

Democrats bristle at the charges of an EV “mandate” that will devastate the U.S. auto industry and open the floodgates to Chinese -made cars.

Polls show voters disapprove of Biden-Harris administration efforts to push consumers toward electric vehicles.

Michigan has more industrial projects under construction due to green industrial policy than any other state.

The investments come with risks — both financial and political — for the companies and politicians that support them.

Despite billions set aside for battery factories in Michigan , a handful of flagship factories have only produced around 200 jobs so far.