WASHINGTON — Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk met two high officers in President Joe Biden‘s administration on Friday in Washington to debate how the automobile maker and the Democratic president may work collectively to advance electrical car manufacturing and velocity electrification of U.S. car networks.
Musk met John Podesta, a Democratic stalwart who serves as senior advisor to the president for clear power innovation, and Mitch Landrieu, who oversees infrastructure spending, a White Home spokesperson confirmed to Reuters.
“John Podesta and Mitch Landrieu met with Elon Musk to debate shared objectives round electrification and the way the Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation and Inflation Discount Act can advance electrical car manufacturing and charging in addition to the broader reason for electrification,” the White Home spokesperson mentioned.
Musk confirmed the assembly through Twitter, responding “true” to Reuters’ tweet posted right here.
A Reuters witness on Friday noticed Podesta, Landrieu and Musk coming into a downtown constructing that homes each Tesla’s Washington lobbying operation and the Heart for American Progress, the assume tank Podesta based. Landrieu and Podesta left about half an hour later and didn’t reply questions.
Musk left about 45 minutes after Podesta and Landrieu. He too ignored questions from a Reuters reporter
U.S. customers who purchased Teslas grew to become eligible once more this month for as much as $7,500 in client tax credit, beneath the $430 billion U.S. Inflation Discount Act (IRA) handed final August. An earlier tax credit score for Tesla patrons expired after the automaker bought its first 200,000 autos in the USA.
The regulation imposes necessities that EVs receiving the tax credit should be North American-made. There are additionally caps on car costs and earnings for patrons who’re eligible for the credit.
The regulation additionally units new battery sourcing restrictions anticipated to take impact in March. It additionally contains new U.S. battery manufacturing credit that Musk mentioned earlier this week may have important advantages to the corporate.
Biden solely publicly acknowledged the position of Tesla in U.S. electrical car manufacturing over a 12 months after taking workplace, after Musk repeatedly complained about being ignored.