On the other, the plan could make Detroit more competitive and increase its share of the global automobile market. If it works, the next two years would see new electric vehicle battery and assembly plants sprouting up across the country. But even with new plants much of the work can happen outside of the United States. Mr. Biden’s energy plan would also dedicate $100 billion to update and modernize the electricity grid to make it more reliable and better able to route power from wind and solar plants to large cities. Accelerating the shift to wind and solar power is likely to create tens of thousands of construction jobs, economists and industry officials say.

Source: International New York Times March 31, 2021 22:41 UTC