AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates UAW support of electric cars

President Joe Biden is glossing over important details and oversimplifying the facts when it comes to United Auto Workers' support for his effort to dramatically boost U.S. production of electric vehicles

DETROIT -- President Joe Biden glossed over important details and oversimplified the facts in his boast about support from the United Auto Workers union for his effort to dramatically increase sales of electric vehicles by decade's end. In his remarks Wednesday, Biden failed to say that UAW did not endorse the EV targets he set in an executive order signed last month. The union's support is also dependent in part on robust government support for union-made cars in the form of tax credits in legislation pending in Congress — something that is far from guaranteed to happen. A look at the claim: BIDEN, praising the work of UAW members: “The main ‘Big Three’ (automakers) have decided along with the support of those unions on building, going electric, so we own that market.”