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On the afternoon of February 8, 2022, U.S. President Biden intentionally mentioned “Tesla – the largest electric car manufacturer in the United States” in a speech, perhaps to show goodwill to Tesla fans who have been active lately.
The wall-like relationship between the Biden administration and Tesla has been avoided mentioning Tesla by Biden and his administration.
Going back to August last year, the Biden administration held a summit on new energy vehicles at the White House and later issued an executive order requiring zero-emission vehicles to account for 50% of new car sales by 2030, including pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles.
However, while veteran car companies such as General Motors and Ford were gathered at the White House and BMW, Honda, and Volkswagen openly supported Biden’s new energy plan, Tesla was not invited to the summit. This has already made Musk and Tesla fans feel unhappy.
Subsequently, under the influence of the United Auto Workers union, the Biden administration pushed for reforms on tax credits for electric vehicles, including an additional $4,500 tax credit for each electric vehicle produced at union factories. This made Musk and Tesla fans uneasy because Tesla employees do not have a union, and of course, cannot receive this tax credit.
In November, when Biden visited General Motors’ first electric vehicle factory “Factory Zero,” he praised General Motors for leading the trend of electrification in the automotive industry. Obviously, everyone knows this is a big joke, and the comment has been ridiculed.
Following Biden’s comments on General Motors, Vice President Harris pointed out that the United States will manufacture more electric vehicles, including batteries and components, without relying on other countries, and even emphasized that “the future will be made in America.”
This sparked more criticism from netizens who believe that “the future of electric cars is already here and has been created by Tesla.”
Then Musk personally appeared and taunted Biden and Harris as NPC players, calling on everyone to think of ways to make them say the word “Tesla” out loud.
On January 27th of this year, Biden praised General Motors and Ford for their contributions to the production of electric vehicles, while Musk commented below, “starts with a T, ends with an A, and has ESL in the middle,” directly teaching on Twitter, teaching Biden how to say “Tesla.”
On February 2nd, a Tesla fan even bought an advertisement in Times Square to show Biden how to say “Tesla” and with the caption “Be bold, say it! Tesla is the No. 1 electric car.”
Fans also launched a petition on change.org asking Biden to recognize Tesla’s leadership in electric vehicles, receiving nearly 60,000 signatures.
On February 4th, Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, casually liked the Times Square ad, showing how savvy she is.
Finally, on February 8th, Biden “learned” to say Tesla. In his speech, he mentioned Tesla and acknowledged Tesla as the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the United States.Since 2021, companies have announced investments totaling more than $200 billion in domestic manufacturing here in America, from iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production; to Tesla, our nation’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer; to innovative younger companies like Rivian, building electric trucks, or Proterra, building electric buses, which I saw at a virtual tour last year when I met with the CEO virtually. And they really impressed me.
Here, Tesla fans got what they wanted, as Musk said, “Thanks, that’s kinda cool!”.
🔗Source: Twitter