- Elon Musk met two White House officials to discuss increasing US electric vehicle production.
- The Tesla CEO talked to Biden's advisors about laws including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Elon Musk met two White House officials in Washington to discuss how the US could ramp up its EV production.
The news was first reported by $4.
The Tesla CEO on Friday met President Joe Biden's senior advisor for clean energy innovation, John Podesta, and Mitch Landrieu, who oversees investment in infrastructure, the White House said in a $4 on Friday.
The meeting centered on how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act could advance electric vehicles, White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said in the briefing.
Jean-Pierre also said: "The outreach and the meeting says a lot of how important the President thinks the bipartisan infrastructure legislation is."
The $1 trillion $4 was signed into law in November 2021. It was designed to fund improvements in transportation systems, clean energy, and infrastructure for EVs. Spending of $7.5 billion was allocated towards creating a network of EV chargers across the US.
The meeting between Musk and Biden's senior advisers comes despite a seemingly frosty relationship between the president and the Tesla chief. The pair have $4 since Biden took office in 2021.
Tesla was $4 from an EV summit at the White House in summer 2021. In response, Musk $4 on Twitter that it "seems odd Tesla wasn't invited." He $4 over the exclusion and said in a panel discussion in August: "(They) didn't mention Tesla once and praised GM and Ford for leading the EV revolution. Does that sound maybe a little biased?"
Biden praised GM and Ford in a January 2022 $4 for "building more electric vehicles here at home than ever before." His failure to recognize Tesla's contribution to EV production prompted Musk $4 "Starts with a T Ends with an A ESL in the middle."
Around 40,000 Tesla fans $4 on Change.org in February calling for Biden to acknowledge Tesla's leadership in the EV industry. They accused the Biden administration of "intentionally" ignoring Tesla's work and said it was an "insult" to Tesla workers.
Insider contacted Tesla for comment but did not immediately receive a response.