President Joe Biden made the case on Tuesday for his $174 billion electric-vehicle proposal, urging automakers not to build zero-emission vehicles abroad for U.S. consumers - and even got to take a new zero-emission truck out for a drive.

"We need automakers and other companies to keep investing here in America and not take the benefits of our public investments and expand electric vehicles and battery manufacturing abroad," Biden said on a visit to a Ford Motor Co (F.N) electric-vehicle plant in Dearborn, Michigan, to see the EV version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) has criticized General Motors Co (GM.N) for announcing a $1 billion investment in Mexico to build EVs and Ford for opting to build some EVs in Mexico rather than Ohio.

Guest post from Reuters