As China and Europe accelerate the spread of electric vehicles, President Biden of the United States visited GM-General Motors' first factory dedicated to electric vehicles and expressed his intention to support the spread.
On the 17th, President Biden visited the first electric vehicle factory completed by GM in Midwestern Michigan and took a test drive on a new pickup truck.
In the United States this week, the Infrastructure Investment Law, which invests 110 trillion yen in Japanese yen, was enacted, and support measures to expand the installation of charging stations were included.
President Biden, who gave a speech at the time of the visit, said, "We will install 500,000 charging stations in the United States. China has taken the lead, but it will change soon." He showed his intention to support the spread of.
As China and Europe accelerate the "EV shift" and the spread of electric vehicles, President Biden has set a goal to increase the percentage of new vehicles that do not emit exhaust gas while driving by 2030 to 50%.
There are some skeptical views about how widespread electric vehicles will be in the United States, which has a large land area, but there are issues with mileage and prices. There is a lot of interest in support measures and how to proceed with regulations.