In a pair of Truth Social posts Monday evening, Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry and President Biden’s push for more electric vehicles. With this opposition to electric vehicles, Trump is likely trying to persuade Michigan voters to support him over Biden, who carried the swing state in 2020.
The Biden administration has pushed to boost electric car sales, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predicting that two-thirds of new car sales could be electric by 2032 under a new proposal released by the administration earlier this year. Last week, the Energy Department announced plans to invest $12 billion into converting auto manufacturing facilities into plants for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Trump also took aim at Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, for supporting the Biden administration’s latest investment into electric vehicles.
Better public transportation is an ongoing process involving restructuring towns and cities at all levels. Even if we were prioritized it like we should, we’d still need personal transportation for many decades.
Realistically, even if we did rebuild all cities, towns, and villages to make public transportation more practical, there will always be someone who needs personal transportation. There will always be a need for trucks and tractors. By all means, let’s do what we can to reduce the need for personal cars, but we can’t afford to wait and we’d need EVs even if we achiebpved it