Citing two people familiar with the matter, Reuters is reporting that Trump’s transition team is aiming to kill the EV tax credit as part of a larger tax reform program. Tesla is said to support the move and it’s clear CEO Elon Musk has Trump’s ear after backing him during the campaign.

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.