Biden Has a Multibillion-Dollar Plan to Supercharge America’s EV Battery Production

On Monday, the Department of Energy announced $US3.1 billion in funding to help boost U.S. production of high-capacity batteries and battery parts, plus another $US60 million in funds to support battery recycling. The U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, officially introduced the Biden Administration’s battery plans in a 2pm statement in Detroit, Michigan — where Granholm was governor from 2003 to 2011 — and in a video she tweeted out Monday afternoon.“Batteries a