In the U.S., Republicans can slow but not stop electric vehicles, experts say

To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies. There are federal tax credits for car buyers. Subsidies for battery manufacturing. Cheap loans to build electric car factories. Grants for chargers. Regulations that push automakers to sell more vehicles with no tailpipe emissions. All of that support - amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars - could go away soon after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, despite his close association with Elon Musk, CEO of the electric carmaker Tesla. Trump and Republicans in Congress say they plan to eliminate most of the…