November 12, 2021 05:47 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/12/22776841/joe-manchin-union-tax-credit-electric-cars-toyota
Manchin blasts union-made EV tax break at Toyota event
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) wants to kill a $4,500 federal tax credit for union-made electric vehicles because he thinks they’re “wrong” and “not American.” And he picked an awfully tone-deaf moment to say this: at an event hosted by Toyota celebrating a $240 million investment in its West Virginia facility, where he accepted three giant novelty checks for charity from the Japanese automaker.
The $4,500 tax credit proposal would be in addition to the $7,500 federal tax credit that currently exists (and which the White House is trying to extend) for electric vehicles. It would only go to buyers of EVs that were made by a union workforce — meaning pretty much just the Detroit-based automakers. Toyota has vehemently opposed the union-made...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/12/22776841/joe-manchin-union-tax-credit-electric-cars-toyota
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