This is the last calendar year of President Joe Biden‘s presidency, a term that saw an increase of electric vehicles in its own federal fleet. The administration issued a fact sheet in December applauding the increase of 82,000 electric and hybrid vehicles from the 2,000 under then-President Donald Trump. However, the administration’s attempt to replicate this switch to electric vehicles nationwide has raised concerns among those in the industry.
At the beginning of the year, Ford Motor Company estimated that EVs would require 40% less labor to manufacture. According to the United Automobile Workers President Shawn Fain, the union is confident it will protect its members from losing jobs to the electric movement.
“The UAW has been at the front of environmental and working-class issues. The biggest thing to us, no matter which way we go in this, we’re going to have…
