{"id":2292408,"date":"2024-07-11T05:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T09:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-doubles-down-on-electric-vehicles-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T05:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T09:54:41","slug":"white-house-doubles-down-on-electric-vehicles-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-doubles-down-on-electric-vehicles-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House doubles down on electric vehicles – Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The White House has announced plans to\u200b invest nearly $2 billion in\u200d electric vehicles, doubling \u2063down on the administration\u2019s push as\u200b former President Donald Trump campaigns against\u200b it. The Department of Energy\u2062 unveiled\u200d a $1.7 billion program to convert closed or at-risk auto manufacturing facilities into EV facilities, \u200ccreating jobs and boosting American manufacturing. Biden’s\u2062 team sees promoting electric vehicles as a winning strategy despite Trump’s criticism. The program, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to \u200dhave a positive economic impact and meet climate change goals.\u2064 Details are still \u200cunresolved, but companies receiving grants will be expected\u200b to partner with labor unions and meet environmental\u200b standards. \u200cThe \u2063initiative \u2062includes \u200bmanufacturing hybrid\u2062 or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles<\/a>, not just electric cars or trucks. Companies like Blue Bird, Fiat Chrysler, GM, Harley Davidson, and Volvo will benefit from the grants. Biden has also\u200b announced a quadrupled tariff on Chinese \u2064steel and aluminum imports to counter \u2063Trump’s claim that \u200cEVs would be made in China. <\/p>\n

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