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Tesla, Who? Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say It — and Musk Has Noticed

Tesla CEO says president is ‘damp sock puppet in human form’
Biden antipathy stems from difference on unions, official says

WATCH: Biden talked all things EVs with GM’s Barra and Ford’s Farley - but failed to mention Tesla. Ed Ludlow and Emily Chang have more.Source: Bloomberg

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By Dana Hull and Jennifer Jacobs

February 2, 2022 at 10:04 AM EST

Updated on

February 2, 2022 at 8:33 PM EST

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President Joe Biden calls himself a union guy and a car guy, and he’s embraced electric vehicles as vital to his economic and climate ambitions.

But there’s one U.S. car company he won’t talk about: Tesla Inc., the world’s most valuable automaker and the global brand most clearly associated with EVs.