Former President Donald Trump has asked auto industry workers to encourage their leaders to vote for him in the next presidential election, stating he will "immediately" end the electric vehicle "madness."
Trump's statement comes as the Biden administration has pushed electric vehicles as a means to combat climate change, with the administration proposing strict auto emissions rules in April intended to increase the sales of these vehicles. Trump warned that the auto industry would be greatly affected if Biden's "crazed concept" of “all Electric Cars” is implemented in the United States.
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"There is already a giant 'E GLUT,' they don’t go far or long, are very expensive, and the consumer must be given a CHOICE," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Vote for TRUMP, and I will stop this Madness, IMMEDIATELY! Mexico & Canada LOVE Biden’s idiotic policy. SAVE MICHIGAN and the other Auto States. SAVE THE AMERICAN CONSUMER!!!"
The former president asked auto workers to vote for him and to "get your leaders to endorse me" so that jobs in the auto industry would not be affected.
In response to the Biden administration's push for electric vehicle purchases, attorneys general from 25 states claimed in July that the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed vehicle emissions targets would damage the U.S. economy. The plan, they argued, is “unrealistic, unwise, and unsustainable," especially given that EV sales in the United States today represent just 8.4% of new vehicles sold.
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The Biden administration has argued that the new proposed vehicle standards are a “historic” investment that will slash carbon emissions, improve air quality, and lower costs for consumers.
Biden faces a potential strike from the United Auto Workers, which would affect the development of electric vehicle batteries for Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, the "Big Three" American auto manufacturers. UAW President Shawn Fain has called on Biden and D.C. lawmakers to amend federal incentives in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS and Science Act, and other spending legislation to wage and safety standards at all auto factories.