Biden also gave all EV makers except for Tesla and Toyota incentives of 4 to 6 thousand dollars to purchase an EV. The summit was supposed to highlight American made cars. And more than any other electric cars, Tesla parts come from the US.
And Tesla employs tens of thousands of workers in the US. Even though they aren’t unionized Tesla employees are helping the transition to EVs.
And just last month, Biden met with General Motors CEO Mary Barra. And he repeatedly praised the electric vehicle efforts of Detroit automakers, even though GM sells far less EVs than Tesla.
After Biden met Barra, Musk tweeted a video of the two talking. He said, “Starting with a T, with A / ESL in the middle.” And then he compared Biden to a “wet sock puppet.”
Clearly disappointed, Musk said in a panel discussion that “They (Biden and Barra) never mentioned Tesla and praised GM and Ford for leading the EV revolution.” Musk said in a panel discussion, “It may sound a bit biased.” “It seems to be dominated by the union, not the friendliest government,” he said.
