On a day many motorists in the southeastern United States could not find gasoline, President Joe Biden promoted the transition to electrical vehicles while warning that China is ahead in the race to build the next-generation automobiles.
“They think they’re going to win, but I got news for them. They will not win this race. We can’t let them. We have to move fast,” said the president during a visit to a Michigan plant where electric pickup trucks are made.
Ford on Wednesday will formally unveil its F-150 Lightning, an all-electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, which the president drove on a test track following his remarks.
“We’re going to set a new pace for electric vehicles,” Biden promised. “That means reversing the previous administration’s shortsighted rollback of vehicle emissions and efficiency standards.”
The president made the remarks after a tour of the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, the latest of his road trips to promote his sweeping economic revitalization legislative packages.
“We’re at an inflection point in America,” the president told a group of Ford employees during the tour.
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