In 2021, Advanced Energy United warned that the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) supply chain was underdeveloped, overly reliant on foreign suppliers, and at risk of missing a generational economic opportunity. Three years later, United's Elizabeth Stears reflects on the progress made in that time, and the challenges that lie ahead now with key federal support repealed under H.R. 1, emphasizing that the future of the EV supply chain relies heavily on state action.