Contact: Noah Barnes, Electrification Coalition
noah@electrification.org, (202) 461-2371
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to support converting 11 manufacturing facilities—all closed or at risk of closing—to manufacture electric vehicles and their components. The plants are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Electrification Coalition Vice President of Policy Anne Blair responded:
“The world is shifting to electric vehicles, but the U.S. is falling behind China in the global race to electrify transportation. For economic and national security, the U.S. must invest today in the domestic manufacturing of tomorrow’s cars, trucks, and buses.
“For a century, oil has had a monopoly on our transportation, which has led to dire national security risks. Electric vehicles are a critical alternative to the dangers of our oil dependency. However, we cannot trade the security risks of oil for the security risks of an automotive industry controlled by bad actors who do not share our democratic values.
“We are excited to see the Biden administration investing in domestic manufacturing of EVs. This funding will create good-paying American jobs and give consumers and businesses more vehicle choices.”
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About the Electrification Coalition: The Electrification Coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes policies and actions to facilitate the widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) on a mass scale to overcome the economic, public health and national security challenges that stem from America’s dependence on oil. ElectrificationCoalition.org