Although Tesla applauded the Trump administration's decision to eliminate the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicle purchases, it was criticized for perhaps making the US electric vehicle transition more difficult.

Some electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are set to get less affordable from next year, it seems. As expected, the incoming Trump administration has set its sights on killing off the IRS clean vehicle tax credit, according to a report in Reuters this afternoon.

A Trump agenda dead set on slowing EV adoption could be a disaster not just for Tesla but also for every other US automaker, too. Throw in Trump’s controversial tariff plan, and well… you have a political and economic mess of unprecedented proportions that could shape the auto industry in America for years to come.