Following the Biden Administration's prohibitive taxation of Chinese-made EVs, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $3 billion in funding for 25 projects across 14 states, targeted at increasing the local production of advanced batteries and battery materials.

The Biden administration is awarding over $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production for EVs and other electronics.

China’s electric-vehicle market is offering a tentative challenge to the shift toward batteries with no nickel or cobalt.

The $3 Billion financial grants will fund 25 projects in 14 states, including election battleground states such as Michigan and North Carolina.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has described the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s recent decision to raise tariffs on Chinese solar components, batteries, semiconductors, steel, and EVs as “typical unilateralism and protectionism.

They’re among 25 projects in 14 states receiving more than $3 billion in infrastructure and jobs act awards announced Friday by the Biden administration.