Another Electric Car Crash: Ford's $19.5 Billion EV Write-Down
Another Electric Car Crash: Ford's $19.5 Billion EV Write-Down  
Podcast: WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
Published On: Wed Dec 31 2025
Description: Ford takes a huge charge on its EV business, as the Trump Administration rewrites the CAFE standards and the European Union moves to water down its 2035 clean-car mandate. Will politicians ever learn? Apparently not, as California regulators keep subsidizing the uneconomical Ivanpah solar thermal electric plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices