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January 20, 2026

At Detroit auto show, spotlight dims for EVs

  • Experts are concerned about the long-term effect on American automakers as the rest of the globe electrifies.
    • By ALEXA ST. JOHN
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Jose Juarez [enlarge]
    A worker dusts a 2026 Cadillac Optiq Premium Sport vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show. Automakers are pivoting from EVs, and industry experts fear that will only add to China’s widening lead in an area seen as the future of cars.

    DETROIT — At the North American International Auto Show, tires squeal as gearheads put shiny new vehicles through their paces on a pair of indoor tracks that sprawl across the event space. One of those tracks used to be set aside exclusively for electric vehicles as U.S. automakers sought to quickly build out the cars of the future.


     
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