Musk and Biden didn’t meet, White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated.

The 2 haven’t had the smoothest of relationships, with Biden, a giant supporter of labor unions, dissatisfied by Musk’s refusal to permit them into his factories.

White Home aides Mitch Landrieu and John Podesta sat down with the Tesla chief — who additionally owns Twitter and SpaceX — at Tesla’s workplace in downtown Washington to debate shared targets round electrification.

Their dialogue touched on how infrastructure and local weather laws that Biden signed into legislation final yr may also help increase the manufacturing of electrical autos and charging stations, and encourage extra individuals to change from gas-fueled to electric-powered autos and to decide on extra electrical home equipment, like warmth pumps and stoves. Rebates and tax credit can be found to encourage that shift.

Landrieu oversees federal spending on infrastructure, which included monetary assist for the electrical car business. Podesta is the president’s level man on spending on Biden’s local weather and clear vitality initiatives.

Requested whether or not the assembly signaled a brand new section in White Home relations with Musk, Jean-Pierre stated it “says loads” about how Biden sees the significance of each items of laws.

“I feel it’s necessary that his workforce, senior members of his workforce, had a gathering with Elon Musk,” she stated.