• bartolomeo@suppo.fi
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    4 months ago

    Seems too little too late. It was the U.S. car manufacturers that gutted the U.S. auto industry anyway… now they get a handout? Meanwhile the fossil fuel industry is subsidized to the tune of $20 bn a year, which decimated market competition for EVs.

    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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      4 months ago

      I’m not gonna disagree with you that more could be done and that they should be pushing even faster, but would also point out this is just one specific action being described in the article among many more. It wasn’t trying to describe all actions that have been taken to help with ev roll out. It was focused on some plants that were in danger of closing, and requires they be changed to electric car or plug in hybrid factories in the process, saving some unionized jobs in the process.