GM Freezes EVs While Tax Credit Goes Out with a Whimper
General Motors got so chilly about electric vehicles that it’s hitting the pause button on production at its Spring Hill, Tennessee plant come December for the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, plus the Chevy Bolt. Apparently, missing the $7,500 EV tax credit’s cozy warmth, expiring end of this month, makes demand plummet faster than a dropped charging cable. October and November get a production snooze week, and 2026 features a one-shift siesta, postponing a surprise Kansas City Bolt shift start endlessly. August was ironically GM’s best EV sales month ever, but SVP Duncan Aldred cautions against overproducing now—it’s the industrial version of 'I’m not saying the sky is falling, but…' Andrew J. Hawkins atop all observes that the US clean energy race now looks like a half-marathon where GM just took a nap while China ran a 5K.
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GM thinks slowing EV production because a $7,500 tax credit expires will save the planet by doing literally less. Bonus: August was their best EV month ever but chill, Duncan Aldred promises no overproduction in 2026, because minimalism!
When your best sales month for EVs is the moment you decide to pump the brakes, congratulations GM, you just invented clean energy chaos.
The US wanted to catch China in EVs but GM paused production multiple times—like a Netflix series dropping episodes in 2026 titled 'Will they ever start that second Bolt shift? Spoiler: No.'
Source: Theverge | Published: 9/7/2025 | Author: Terrence O’Brien
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