The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
Rhiannon Williams
created: Aug. 14, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: Aug. 19, 2025, 10:21 a.m.
This could be the shot in the arm that the slowing US EV market needs.
If anything can get Americans excited, it’s a truck, especially an affordable one.
EV sales are slowing, and Ford in particular has struggled recently.
The adoption barriers also continue to mount, with the Trump administration cutting tax credits as well as rules designed to push automakers toward zero-emissions vehicles.
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