Georgia lawmakers pulled the plug on a tax credit for electric cars and other low-emission vehicles a decade ago, and now, congressional Republicans are preparing to do the same.

Federal subsidies that bolstered Georgia’s electric vehicle manufacturing industry would end under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” taxation and budget bill passed by House Republicans in May.

And if the Senate passes the bill and Trump signs it into law, the measure might slow the sales of EVs while simultaneously making owning a battery-powered vehicle more costly.

But as Congress weighs cuts to EV tax breaks, some state legislators in the Republican-controlled General Assembly don’t seem eager to make up for the proposed federal rollbacks.

“Consumers should buy the vehicle of their choice, and

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