Trump campaigned on ending Biden's "EV mandate," without spelling out specific targeted policies. The energy-focused transition team has determined some of Biden's clean-energy policies will be tough to end because they are popular and already funneling money to Republican-dominated states, the sources said.

Republicans have long opposed the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles contained in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Now, it seems President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has made that a priority with plans to end the tax credit as part of broader tax reform legislation,

Trump's transition team is looking to do away with the $7,500 tax credit for EV sales as part of broader tax legislation, Reuters reported.