“We’re going to direct a commission to report back to the Congress about how we deal with electrification of the fleet, how we deal with the battery supply chain,” Graham said during a panel at the Munich Security Conference.
Batteries are becoming the “new oil,” Graham added.
However, the US’ vehicle fleets can be made low-carbon without all being electrified, Graham said, pointing to technologies such as hydrogen fuel.
Graham attended the Munich Security Conference as part of a bipartisan, bicameral delegation of US lawmakers. The conference brings together nearly five hundred high-level leaders from around the world for discussions on international security policy.
Other members of the delegation – named CODEL McCain in honor of late US Sen. John McCain, who led the US delegation to the conference for years – include Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal and Bob Menendez.