In a speech to hundreds of workers at a factory in the group, the Democrat, who pressed the mushroom on the towering vehicle for sudden acceleration, recalled his lifelong love of cars.
He also praised the boss of the General Motors (GM) group, Mary Barra, which aims to end the manufacture of non-electric vehicles by 2035.
“You made a difference, Mary,” he said.
"You are going to set the tone".
“The future is electric - and it will be made here in America,” he then said in a tweet Wednesday night.
Biden's visit is also part of a government campaign to convince Americans of the importance of the $ 1.2 trillion infrastructure law that came into effect on Monday.
According to the president, these investments, which will include the construction of a national network of charging stations for electric vehicles, puts the United States back in first position, whereas "so far, China has been leading this race" .
General Motors officially opened its first-ever zero-emission pickup plant in the United States on Wednesday, betting, like other major automakers in Detroit, that the country's electric future will pass. also by large vehicles.
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