The Biden Administration Has Quietly Been Asking Elon Musk’s Tesla for Advice: Report
The Biden administration contacted electric car manufacturer Tesla, requesting help with formulating a new policy that would allow electric vehicles to receive benefits from the nation’s renewable fuel subsidies…
The Biden administration contacted electric car manufacturer Tesla, requesting help with formulating a new policy that would allow electric vehicles to receive benefits from the nation’s renewable fuel subsidies program.
When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, Dallas Burkholder of the Environment Protection Agency had emailed Tesla lobbyist Rohan Patel, requesting a meeting, documents Reuters reviewed revealed.
The meeting’s purpose was to discuss ways the government can incorporate electric automobile manufacturers into the Renewable Fuel Standard program.
Since then, the EPA, under the Biden administration, had set up more meetings with Tesla, groups representing the biogas manufacturing industry and charging station companies, the documents said, according to Reuters.
The biogas manufacturing companies that the EPA consulted include Waste Management Inc. and Republic Services Inc., while the charging station companies include ChargePoint Holdings Inc.
To discuss the new policies, the EPA also met with White House staffers, including White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi.