Now Biden appears to give Barra credit for her announcement that GM is going “all-electric by 2035.” It’s supposed to represent the company “leading the industry in electrification,” yet it’s filled with gas-guzzling vehicles. So must for "All in on Electric" ? /ZVcjkOOeUv This is where companies like GM show their future. I don't even think there is a hybrid here. The Chevy booth here (ghost town) at the LA Auto Show has 0 EVs. Today, you can go to the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, where Chevrolet has a massive booth in which you will find a grand total of zero electric vehicles: Maybe you can count the Chevy Bolt EUV, but that’s basically the same car.
She not only hasn’t done anything significant to electrify the auto industry, but she literally didn’t do anything to add another electric vehicle on the road during that time – not even one.
The Chevy Bolt EV was a program that started in 2012 – over a year before she took over. You know, up until now, China has been leading in this race, but that’s about to change.īiden is a politician, and if he was standing in a Ford factory he would have given Jim Farley credit for electrifying the industry, even though the guy has been at the head of Ford for barely a year.īut I think it’s worth correcting the president here because as someone passionate about electrifying the auto industry, I don’t think Barra deserves any credit whatsoever.īarra has been at the head of GM for eight years now, and I can hold up one finger to quantify the number of all-electric vehicles the automaker brought to market under her reign: the Chevy Bolt EV. You electrified the entire automobile industry. I’m serious. You led - and it matters - in drastically improving the climate by reducing hundreds of millions of barrels of oil that will not be used when we’re all electric.
You changed the whole story, Mary, wherever - wherever you are. Mary, I can remember talking to you way back in January about the need for America to lead in electric vehicles. And I can remember your dramatic announcement that by 2035, GM would be 100% electric. If you know anything about the auto industry, you’d think that this is a joke, but Biden literally followed up by adding that he is “serious.” As if there was laugh track. Part of the bill includes a $7.5 billion investment in electric vehicles and Biden addressed the electrification of the auto industry in his speech.Ī segment of the speech stood out because Biden somehow thought it would be a good idea to give Mary Barra, CEO of GM, credit for “electrifying the entire automobile industry.” US President Joe Biden was at the inauguration of GM’s Factory Zero yesterday, the company’s first electric vehicle factory, and he gave a speech in which he gave credit to GM CEO Mary Barra for “electrifying the entire auto industry.”įact check: Biden is dead wrong about that.īiden gave a long speech, which you can watch below, about the infrastructure bill that he just signed earlier this week.
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