On the surface, legislation that kills the $7,500 tax credit for new electric-vehicle purchases doesn’t look like a big deal for Rivian. But the fate of the EV industry – and, indirectly, the Bloomington-Normal economy – is a lot more interconnected than that one thing.

On the surface, legislation that kills the $7,500 tax credit for new electric-vehicle purchases doesn&rsquo;t look like a big deal for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wglt.org/tags/rivian" data-cms-ai="0">Rivian</a>. But the fate of the EV industry &ndash; and, indirectly, the Bloomington-Normal economy &ndash; is a lot more interconnected than that one thing.

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