--- title: Powering Performance | AIAG | SupplyChainBrain description: Stay up to date on the latest automotive industry trends, along with AIAG initiatives, events, trainings, publications, products and more. --- [![White AIAG Logo - Uniting Minds.Elevating Standards.](https://blog.aiag.org/hs-fs/hubfs/White%20AIAG%20Logo%20-%20Uniting%20Minds.Elevating%20Standards..png?width=254&height=76&name=White%20AIAG%20Logo%20-%20Uniting%20Minds.Elevating%20Standards..png)](http://www.aiag.org/) ## SupplyChainBrain ### Recent Posts ## [Can tariffs and deportations really bring manufacturing back to the U.S.?](https://blog.aiag.org/can-tariffs-and-deportations-really-bring-manufacturing-back-to-the-u.s?hsLang=en-us) Jan 08, 2026 [![Flag and work gloves](https://blog.aiag.org/hubfs/BLOG/flag%20and%20gloves.png)](https://blog.aiag.org/can-tariffs-and-deportations-really-bring-manufacturing-back-to-the-u.s?hsLang=en-us) In a recent *Supply Chain Brain* feature, economists unpack new research that challenges some common assumptions. Drawing on an NBER study, the article explains why tariffs may boost certain manufacturing jobs over the long term — but only after significant short-term job losses, economic contraction, and supply-chain disruption. The analysis also shows how retaliation from trading partners could erase potential gains altogether. [Read More](https://blog.aiag.org/can-tariffs-and-deportations-really-bring-manufacturing-back-to-the-u.s?hsLang=en-us) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [U.S. Providing $710M in Loans to EV Technology Projects](https://blog.aiag.org/u.s.-providing-710m-in-loans-to-ev-technology-projects?hsLang=en-us) Mar 28, 2024 [![Electric Vehicle Only Sign](https://blog.aiag.org/hubfs/BLOG/electric%20vehicle%20-%20blog.jpg)](https://blog.aiag.org/u.s.-providing-710m-in-loans-to-ev-technology-projects?hsLang=en-us) The U.S. Department of Energy announced February 22 that it had given preliminary approval to almost [$710 million in loans](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/us-offers-710-million-loans-ev-technology-projects-2024-02-22/) for electric vehicle manufacturing projects. [Read More](https://blog.aiag.org/u.s.-providing-710m-in-loans-to-ev-technology-projects?hsLang=en-us) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Michigan Pilots Roadway that Charges EVs as They Drive](https://blog.aiag.org/michigan-pilots-roadway-that-charges-evs-as-they-drive?hsLang=en-us) Jan 30, 2024 [![charging lane](https://blog.aiag.org/hubfs/BLOG/charging%20lane%20-%20blog.jpg)](https://blog.aiag.org/michigan-pilots-roadway-that-charges-evs-as-they-drive?hsLang=en-us) What’s billed as the nation’s first [wireless-charging public roadway](https://apnews.com/article/wireless-roadway-electric-vehicle-charging-detroit-22fcdeabd026d81712a0c1a12b190d9a) for electric vehicles has been installed just west of downtown Detroit. 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