U.S. to work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals
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General Motors assembly workers connect a battery pack underneath a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV
WASHINGTON - The United States must work with allies to secure the minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries and process them domestically in light of environmental and other competing interests, the White House said on Tuesday.
The strategy, first reported by Reuters in late May, will include new funding to expand international investments in electric vehicles (EV) metal projects through the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, as well as new efforts to boost supply from recycling batteries.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that the starting gun to win the 21st Century has gone off. (Credit: Representative image/AP)
NEW DELHI: The US Senate passed a sweeping industrial policy bill on Tuesday aimed at countering the surging economic threat from rival China by pumping more than $170 billion into research and development.
With both Republicans and Democrats increasingly worried about competition from Asia s largest power, the US Senate on Wednesday cleared the bill with a 68-32 vote, one of the most significant bipartisan achievements in Congress since Joe Biden s presidency began in January. We are in a competition to win the 21st century, and the starting gun has gone off, Biden said.
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