African Alliance: While Biden Pushes Electric Vehicles, China Leads The Race For Rare Earth Metals
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African Alliance: While Biden Pushes Electric Vehicles, China Leads The Race For Rare Earth Metals

Africa Could Hold The Key To Biden's EV Push, But China Already Beat Him To The Punch

Hayden Daniel

During his inauguration speech on January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden declared that “the battle to save our planet by getting the climate under control” was one of the foremost issues he planned to address while in the White House.

One of the most important aspects of that climate agenda includes a move toward electric vehicles (EVs) as replacements for the gasoline-powered cars driven by tens of millions of Americans. Biden and other officials in his administration have pushed hard on the electric vehicle issue and included provisions to incentivize EVs in major pieces of legislation.

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