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No Surprise: Mike Rogers Lies About Historic Investments in American Manufacturing
Lansing, Mich. –It’s no surprise that Trump’s hand-picked candidate Mike Rogers spent tonight’s debate spouting falsehoods and distortions about historic investments in clean energy manufacturing because he can’t defend his own record. Rogers has taken over $400,000 from Big Oil, and he’ll keep parroting their company line as long as they keep sending him checks. FACT: The clean energy plan “encouraged […]
October 8, 2024
New Mike Rogers Ad Doubles Down on Big Oil’s Lies About Electric Vehicles
Lansing, Mich. – Mike Rogers’ new ad is full of false claims and distortions about the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments in clean energy manufacturing because he can’t defend his own record. A major recipient of campaign cash from Big Oil, Rogers is repeating a MAGA falsehood. These are the facts: FACT: The Biden-Harris administration’s clean energy plan “encouraged onshoring of clean energy industries,” […]
September 26, 2024
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell Pushes Back on Republican Lies About the Future of Electric Vehicles
Ann Arbor, Mich. – In a forceful opinion column published today in The Detroit News, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) debunks erroneous claims by Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans and explains how their positions on EV manufacturing would devastate the American economy, especially in communities here in Michigan. In fact, she argues, continuing to invest in EVs, […]
September 25, 2024
FACT CHECK: The Trump-Vance Project 2025 Agenda Will Destroy U.S. Manufacturing Jobs and Send American Jobs Back to China. Again.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump and JD Vance do nothing but repeat the same debunked lies about Vice President Harris’ tie-breaking vote to bring good-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
September 17, 2024
NYT Column: The High Cost of Trump’s Anti-EV Policies
In yesterday’s New York Times guest essay, Robinson Meyer, a contributing opinion writer and the founding executive editor of Heatmap, makes a powerful case for why Donald Trump’s anti-EV, anti-clean energy agenda — parroted by Senate candidate Mike Rogers — is leaving America behind in the global race to develop the clean energy technologies of the future. […]
September 12, 2024
FACT CHECK: Trump and Vance will roll back our progress and cede power to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump does nothing but repeat the same debunked lies about the historic clean energy plan because he can’t defend his own record of nonstop auto job losses and shuttered factories.
August 12, 2024
RNC FACT CHECK: The Truth About the Misinformation You’re Hearing about EVs at Big Oil’s Convention
WASHINGTON, D.C. - At the Grand Oil Party’s convention in Milwaukee, Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers spread misinformation about EVs – which is no surprise since the RNC is bought and paid for by Big Oil.
July 16, 2024
ICYMI: Columbus To Receive $22.8 Million Grant for Clean Energy Buses
Columbus, Ohio – Last week, federal officials announced a new $22.8 million grant awarded to the Central Ohio Transit Authority to launch a fleet of electric buses. COTA plans to purchase 10 battery electric buses and 10 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses with the grant, with an organizational goal to achieve a zero-emission fleet by 2035. The grant is one […]
July 16, 2024
Biden’s Latest Auto Announcement Guarantees Countless Good American Jobs, Which Trump is Pledging to Kill
Washington, D.C. – This morning, the Biden-Harris Administration announced $1.7 billion to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing facilities in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Virginia. These plants will now have a bright future in manufacturing electric vehicles and keeping their supply chains here in the United States. […]
July 11, 2024
ICYMI: Ohio UAW Members Ratify Historic Agreement with Lordstown Ultium Cells EV Battery Plant
Lordstown, OH — On Monday, June 17th, Ohio United Auto Worker Local 1112 members voted to ratify a new contract with Ultium Cells battery manufacturing plant. Ultium produces electric batteries for GM vehicles, providing thousands of clean energy jobs in the wake of GM’s conventional auto plant closure in 2019. The deal will double workers’ pay, improve benefits and job security, increase […]
June 24, 2024