Well, perhaps, but the time for the followers in the field to push on EV manufacturing capability has in the past 5-10 years. About two years ago they all put out press releases saying "we are not seeing EV sales so we are pulling back on manufacturing" meaning "we couldn't figure it out and are scared so we are abandoning our future."

With the strangle hold that these industries have on getting the government to bail them out, we are in a really bad position on the national level when we let bad politics and weak management override good economic decision making.