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Buttigieg Loves Tesla’s Charging Stations But Not Its Autopilot
The Transportation Secretary discusses regulating Tesla's automated driving tech and Elon Musk making plugs available to other electric vehicles.
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recalls meeting over Zoom with auto manufacturers about a year and a half ago when Elon Musk said Tesla would be willing to adapt some of its electric-vehicle chargers for other cars to be able to use them.
“I was delighted,” Buttigieg said in an interview Monday with Bloomberg News in Washington. “I thought, ‘It sounds amazing; let’s see if they actually follow through.’ And, to their credit, less than two years later, it’s moving forward.”