Biden Offers Rare Praise for Musk as Tesla Opens Charger Network
- Agreement marks possible detente in Musk-Biden relationship
- Tesla plans to make 7,500 EV chargers available by 2024
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden hailed Elon Musk’s decision to open part of Tesla Inc.’s charging network to other electric vehicles as a “big deal,” flashing a potential thaw in an otherwise frosty relationship between the billionaire and White House.
“In building our EV charging network, we have to ensure that as many chargers work for as many drivers as possible,” Biden tweeted Wednesday, citing an agreement announced earlier in the day that 7,500 of Tesla’s charging stations across the US would be available to all electric vehicle users by the end of 2024.