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Electric Vehicles Are A Defense Technology
09 Jul 2026 | Abstracted from Heatmap
Two former Pentagon officials argue EV batteries are now a national-security "chokepoint" technology, comparable to semiconductors. China dominates battery manufacturing and mineral processing, while U.S. defense demand alone can't sustain a competitive industry - only mass EV adoption provides the scale needed. They warn that cutting EV incentives undermines both economic and military resilience, urging the U.S. to treat EVs as a strategic industrial priority.
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