EV Subsidies Fade and American Manufacturing Returns
General Motors (GM) recently announced it would end production of the newly updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt after just 18 months. Instead, GM will repurpose its Kansas facility to build the gas-powered Buick Envision. Which will bring production back from China and align with renewed pressure from the Trump administration to restore American manufacturing.
Breitbart reports,
“Inside EVs reports that General Motors has confirmed plans to discontinue production of the heavily updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle after a limited production run of about one and a half years. The decision will allow the automaker to repurpose its Fairfax, Kansas, factory for manufacturing the Buick Envision, a gas-powered crossover currently built in China that will be reshored to the United States.”
The move underscores what most of us already know: EVs are expensive to build, less profitable, and less reliable than traditional vehicles. With the Bolt losing its $7,500 federal tax credit and fuel-economy regulations relaxed, GM is prioritizing vehicles that consumers actually want.
The American auto industry is returning to fundamentals: building vehicles people buy in factories at home, without relying on taxpayer subsidies. That’s a win for workers and consumers and a reminder that policy-driven markets rarely outperform reality.
January 27, 2026