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Inside Manchin's War With Biden On Electric Vehicles

24 Jun 2023 | Abstracted from EE News

"Sen. Joe Manchin has been at war with the administration for months over its implementation of last year's landmark climate law...Manchin voted for the Inflation Reduction Act thinking he'd scored a victory: growing domestic manufacturing while protecting the traditional auto industry from a government-run EV takeover...Manchin signed off on a title dubbed "clean vehicle credits," laying out new, strict critical mineral sourcing requirements for EV batteries and battery materials in order to secure tax credits..."

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