Sen. Whitehouse sees ‘bipartisan opportunity’ to tackle Chinese dominance on EVs

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are interested in supporting domestic electric vehicle manufacturing and more diverse supply chains in an effort to combat China’s dominance in the market obtained by “cheating,” Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said on Wednesday. During a Senate Budget hearing on “The Future of Electric Vehicles,” Whitehouse and other senators raised concerns that Beijing’s dominance in the EV sector -- spurred by market-distorting state intervention, they and some of the...