President Joe Biden test drove an all-electric Cadillac SUV and slid into the front seat of a new Corvette as part of a mid-day tour Wednesday of Detroit's resurrected auto show ahead of an afternoon speech on the auto industry's transition to electric vehicles.
In a speech on media day at the North American International Auto Show, Biden plans to announce $900 million in grants for electric vehicle chargers across 35 states, the White House said, the first round of $5 billion in funding appropriated through the bipartisan infrastructure law.
On the auto show floor at Huntington Place, Biden, a self-described "car guy" who owns a 1967 Corvette Stingray, made his way over to the Chevrolet stand late Wednesday morning, where he was greeted by General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra and GM President Mark Reuss before he slid into the front seat of an orange Corvette Z06.
