“They’re adjusting their production, but there is no going back. … I saw what happens when a company falls apart because it can’t innovate and keep up with the times. We can’t let that happen again. We can’t let America be left behind. We can’t pretend that the old technologies will work in a new century, with a new economy.”

– Pete Buttigieg, asked whether the decisions by American carmarkers to pull back on production of electric vehicles is significant of a trend.