Tesla Hosts Lobby Group Shunned by Ford Over Climate Stance
- Company donating D.C. showroom for ALEC cocktail party
- Move comes as electric car maker intensifies direct sale push
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Tesla Motors Inc. is hosting a party for a conservative lobbying group whose opposition to climate-change initiatives has driven Google, Ford Motor Co. and several oil companies to drop their membership.
Tesla, a clean-energy tech company that makes electric vehicles and is moving into solar panels on rooftops, is not a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council. It is nonetheless hosting a reception for a new ALEC venture at its Washington, D.C. showroom Thursday evening, blocks away from the site of the organization’s three-day policy summit.