The doc was first revealed in December, simply earlier than President Donald Trump entered workplace however after he was elected. Meanwhile, Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has shut down federal companies, accessed delicate fee methods, and supplied “deferred resignation” agreements to 1000’s of presidency staff below the declare that it will lower authorities waste.
Though the doc didn’t say which Tesla mannequin the State Department deliberate to buy, the NYT and Bloomberg say it probably referred to the Cybertruck, which options a chrome steel, “bullet-proof” physique and home windows product of Gorilla glass.
“I’m fairly certain Tesla isn’t getting $400M,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned in a reply on X. “No one talked about it to me, at the least.” The checklist additionally consists of $40 million for armored BMW X5 and X7 automobiles, in addition to unspecified mentions of “armored sedan” and “armored EV (not sedan).”
