The U.S. State Department has refuted claims of purchasing electric armored vehicles from Tesla, following the leak of a document that mentioned the company.
The U.S. State Department has denied any plans to purchase electric armored vehicles from Tesla , the company owned by Elon Musk who is a prominent figure in the Trump Administration. A State Department document obtained by Scripps News through the internet archive Wayback Machine revealed that the agency was seeking to allocate $400 million in 2025 for armored electric vehicles , specifically mentioning Tesla .
This line item, amounting to $400 million, was added to the document on December 13th during the Biden Administration.Following the public disclosure of this document on Wednesday, the State Department promptly removed all references to Tesla. A State Department spokesperson clarified that the inclusion of Tesla in the original procurement plans was an error and should not have been included in the agency's annual wishlist of purchases for the upcoming fiscal year. The State Department official explained to Scripps News that the project was initiated as a request for information to gauge the interest of vehicle manufacturers in building armored electric vehicles. However, the department received a response from only one company, which remained unidentified. Despite this initial interest, the entire project has now been suspended. The State Department asserted that it currently has no plan to acquire any armored vehicles from Tesla or any other company
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