President Joe Biden drove his traditional 1967 C2 Corvette Stingray and talked automobiles with Jay Leno on Friday as the 2 filmed a section for the comic’s CNBC present.
“It was actually good. It was much more enjoyable driving my previous Corvette,” Biden informed reporters after taping the clip for “Jay Leno’s Storage” on the James J. Rowley Coaching Heart, a Secret Service facility, in Beltsville, Md.
“We talked about how electrical automobiles are going to alter the character of the environment in the US,” he added.
Biden all through his presidency has sought to advertise gross sales of EVs, and a local weather and tax invoice he signed earlier this month consists of tax credit for EVs and incentives for clean-energy initiatives.
Biden mentioned he additionally had one other alternative to drive a Ford Motor Co. F-150 Lightning, the electrical model of the corporate’s top-selling pickup truck.
“And so they had that Ford Lightning car, obtained to drive that once more too. That was a quick SOB,” he mentioned.
Biden beforehand appeared on Leno’s present in 2016. The comic, 72, was previously a long-time host of NBC’s “The Tonight Present.”
The White Home is ramping up Biden’s public appearances and marketing campaign occasions to achieve voters forward of November’s midterm elections. Biden is coming off a collection of legislative and coverage victories, together with signing the Inflation Discount Act, bipartisan measures to spice up home semiconductor manufacturing and enhance gun security, and the discharge of his long-awaited plan to help student-loan debtors.
The president and different Cupboard officers are planning occasions within the coming weeks to advertise these measures, which have boosted Democrats’ prospects for retaining their slim Home and Senate majorities within the midterms. The president’s recognition can be enhancing, in accordance with the newest Gallup ballot, which discovered that his approval score jumped six share factors in August to 44 p.c.
Biden shifted into marketing campaign mode on Thursday to check out his midterm message.