The United States has announced it will award $2.8bn (£2.5bn) in grants to boost the US production of electric vehicle batteries and the minerals used to build them in 12 states.
The grants mark the latest push by the Biden administration to help reduce the country's dependence on China, a country that currently produces 75 per cent of the batteries used in electric vehicles, according to officials.
"This is critically important, because the future of vehicles is electric,'' Biden said at a White House event with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm."By undercutting US manufacturers with their unfair subsidies and trade practices, China seized a significant portion of the market. Today we're stepping up... to take it back, not all of it, but bold goals."
The funding recipients, first reported by Reuters, were chosen by a White House steering committee and coordinated by the Energy Department with support from the Interior...
