“It’s surprising” .. Elon Musk comments on White House decision

Tesla, a leader in the field of electric cars, was excluded from invitations to a meeting at the White House on Thursday appointed by US President Joe Biden to give impetus to the manufacture of these mechanisms.

“It’s strange that Tesla was not invited,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Twitter about the meeting at which the Big Three US automakers “General Motors”, “Ford “and“ Stylantis, ”the owner of the Chrysler brand, were invited.

And the president of Tesla, which produces fully electric cars, expressed surprise that he was not invited to a White House meeting hosted by the US president to speed up production of electric cars.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told her daily press briefing that “the three biggest companies that provide jobs for the UAW and the president of the union, so I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. “are the ones who met Biden on Thursday.

Responding to a question of whether the White House intentionally excluded ‘Tesla’, Psaki said, “These are the three main players in the auto workers union. I leave it to you to draw conclusions.

But Psaki noted that the Biden administration applauds the efforts of all electric vehicle manufacturers, including Tesla.

Musk, a wealthy and hot-tempered businessman, is a pioneer in the electric car industry. His company, Tesla, announced last month that its first quarterly profit exceeded $ 1 billion in record shipments.

But this is a dispute with the Auto Workers Union, which filed a complaint in 2017 accusing Tesla of sacking employees because of union sympathy. Musk had previously fired an employee who had formed a union. He also posted anti-union tweets, which prompted the Workers’ Union to file a complaint against him.

“I don’t think this will be the last time we talk about clean cars and giving electric cars a boost, and we look forward to having a group of partners in this effort,” Sacchi said.

“We certainly welcome the efforts of automakers who recognize the importance of the electric vehicle in the future and support efforts that will help achieve the president’s goal, and Tesla is certainly one of those companies,” he said. -she adds.

In an interview with CNBC, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was unsure why Tesla was excluded from the meeting.