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White House aides John Podesta and Mitch Landrieu met with Elon Musk and other Tesla officials on January 27, to assist progress on a mass clean energy revolution, in response to two people aware of the topics of the meeting, reports the Washington Post.
Podesta and Landrieu’s positions are geared toward helping to implement among the Biden administration’s clean energy targets previously approved by Congress. The 2 met with Musk and Tesla employees in Washington D.C., and the automaker’s officials were open to potentially working with the administration.
Tesla made no firm commitments, in response to the sources, however the discussions centered across the automaker opening its Supercharger network to other electric vehicles (EVs) — which it has already done in select countries world wide, primarily across Europe.
Range and charging infrastructure play major roles in consumer decisions as as to whether or not they can purchase electric, in response to the think tank the Center for American Progress’s senior vice chairman Trevor Higgins.
“The brand new federal programs for charging infrastructure will drive major investments that may get the job done, whether or not Tesla decides to assist by opening up its own network,” Higgins said. “But the earlier we complete a nationwide charging network, the higher.”
Last yr, a White House memo suggested that Tesla could give non-Tesla EVs access to the Supercharger network within the U.S. by the tip of 2022, though it hasn’t happened yet.
Reports also suggested that Tesla was in search of public funding help from the U.S. government to assist open its charging network.
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