ICYMI: Kamala’s Costly EV Mandates Raise Prices and Enrich China

Michigan U.S. Senate Candidate, Mike Rogers, penned an op-ed in The Detroit News: EV mandates raise prices and enrich China

• “Just this week, Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram, announced they are laying off 1,100 workers at its Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan. The company also declared plans for indefinite layoffs across its operations to cut costs due to declining sales with the potential impacts on Stellantis' workforce to the tune of 52,000 employees. The Michigan auto workers who built this company are now the first on the chopping block.” 

• “They are being forced to build cars that no one can afford or want and have to rely on Communist China for parts, all at the federal government's direction, thanks to the Biden-Harris EV Mandates.” 

• “On day one, President Trump promised to rescind these regulations and let Americans choose whether to buy a gas-powered or electric car.”  

• “This Electric vehicle mandate is not just an attack on gas powered vehicles, but also an attack on Michigan's auto industry. As we have seen, this mandate will cause financial carnage on classic American companies like General Motors and Ford. Sales of electric vehicles make up less than 4 percent of their sales. Meanwhile, it benefits foreign luxury auto brands like BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche.” 

• “While many Michiganders may want to purchase an electric vehicle, they simply might not be able to afford them- especially as the Biden-Harris economy continues to slash families' bottom lines. On average, electric vehicles cost $56,575. That is more than the average salary across the state of Michigan.”

• “The batteries that electric vehicles run on are predominantly made in China. The Chinese now control more than 80 percent of the rare earth elements that are critical for making these electric vehicle batteries. So, an electric vehicle mandate enriches China at American workers' expense and puts the Chinese in charge of another critical supply chain.”

•  “A vote for Kamala is a vote for an electric vehicle mandate that will put a nail in the coffin of the American auto industry.”

• “We need someone with a commonsense America First energy approach in the White House. Michiganders and America’s auto workers know- that’s Donald Trump.” 

Read the full op-ed here.