• skyspydude1@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      As an American auto worker, I like our move to EVs and the jobs at the massive new factories we built. But I guess wanting blue collar workers learning new skills and technologies makes me a gay communist.

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      6 months ago

      Maybe someone should create EV incentives, with a requirement to be manufactured in country - both incentive to buy and incentive to manufacturers to invest in guaranteed growth area, and for their own future. Oops, that’s what we already have

    • ebc@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      They already do: Ford has the Mach-E & F-150 Lightning plus a bunch of PHEVs, GM has (had) the Bolt, Stellantis makes a few PHEVs among which one of the the very few cars on the market that can carry 7 passengers on battery power (the Chrysler Pacifica) altough that one is made in Canada, not the US.

      Oh, and all of Tesla.

    • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      The American auto industry could also produce EVs, if it so chose.

      I find that very hard to believe.