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EV makers fight over who gets to call themselves "American-built" in 2026

EV makers fight over who gets to call themselves "American-built" in 2026

The definitional fight is technical, but the money is not. Vehicles that qualify can be priced thousands of dollars lower at the showroom; those that do not are competing on a different curve entirely.

Both sides have spent the last six months filing letters with the Treasury arguing that the other side has misread the statute.

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