last month uaw president shawn fain harshly criticized the us energy department plan to lend usd 92 billion to a joint venture of ford and south koreas sk on to build three us battery plantsthe united auto workers union on friday called on the biden administration to soften its proposed vehicle emissions cuts that would require 67 of new vehicles to be electric by 2032 the uaw which represents workers at general motors ford motor and chrysler parent stellantis said the environmental protection agencys proposed standards should be revised to better reflect the feasibility of compliance so that the projected adoption of zero emission vehicles is set to feasible levels increases stringency more gradually and occurs over a greater period of time advt the comments come before the uaw is set to open contract talks with the detroit three automakers before current fouryear contracts expire in september the uaw said the epa must recognize that the current domestic auto assembly footprint is heavily weighted towards the profitable lightduty truck and suvs that are tasked with funding the ev transition last year nearly 60 of all vehicles produced by unionized automakers in the united states were pickups or suvs we fear the proposed standards are premature and risk disrupting the market that will make the ev transition possible the uaw said we urge epa to continue to work with all key stakeholders to ensure the new rules do not disproportionately impact domestic union auto production a group representing major automakers including the detroit three called for significantly softening requirements calling the epa proposal neither reasonable nor achievable toyota motor on friday called the epa proposal stringency requirements extreme and outside historical norms last month uaw president shawn fain harshly criticized the us energy department plan to lend usd 92 billion to a joint venture of ford and south koreas sk on to build three us battery plants fain called the loan a massive giveaway with no consideration for wages working conditions union rights or retirement security that would help create lowpaying jobs adding why is joe bidens administration facilitating this corporate greed with taxpayer money advt the uaw in may said it was not yet endorsing biden for reelection citing his electric vehicle policiesread alsolectrix ev launches instant loan eligibility prebooking tool with idfc firstbankdelhi metro parking lots to boast of 70 ev charging stationsus state attorneys general clash over epa emissions plangm says it could face compliance challenges under new emissions rules reuters published on jul 8 2023 at 0742 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights