Hill Republicans warn of Biden’s ‘green war on cars’ to court blue-collar vote

Congressional Republicans are tapping into union concerns over President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda to court the striking autoworkers whose support he will need as he runs for a second term in the White House.
Biden is pressing for half of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030 through a combination of pollution rules and financial incentives. The “Big Three” automakers have embraced the transition, as has United Auto Workers, the union representing nearly 150,000 of their employees. But its embrace is conditional, and a strike that began on Sept. 15 is wrapped up in demands that union work be protected in the transition.
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The federal policy is expected to be a boon for nonunion EV companies such as Tesla that are already benefiting from substantial government subsidies and tax credits. As the legacy automakers attempt to reap that windfall themselves, pledging to spend billions on new battery plants, many in union-hostile states, the UAW wants to ensure its …