“Despite bipartisan support for consumer incentives, [the Trump administration] also let the federal tax credit expire, penalizing autoworkers who were, at the time, selling the most electric vehicles in the world — in the United States.”
What FactCheck.org found
Models made by Tesla and General Motors are no longer eligible, but dozens of electric cars and trucks still qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for buyers purchasing new plug-in electric vehicles.
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In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 5 August 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 August 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/05/remarks-by-president…
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