White House touts EVs, but not backing gasoline-powered phase-out date


FILE PHOTO An Audi electric charging station is pictured at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles California U.S. November 20 2019. REUTERSLucy Nicholson

FILE PHOTO: An Audi electric charging station is pictured at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration wants to spend $174 billion to boost electric vehicles and charging stations but its 2030 climate emissions reduction pledge released on Thursday does not include a firm date to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles.

"These autos are coming. We know it. It is the future," White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy said of EVs at an event in Washington promoting administration efforts to boost EV charging.

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