Source: Time
“The State Department was planning to buy $400 million worth of ‘Armored Tesla’ later this year, according to its 2025 procurement forecast, a document outlining projections of anticipated contracts, which was published in December. But after reports emerged on Wednesday of the potential for conflict of interest given Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s prominent role in the Trump Administration, the document was updated, removing mention of Tesla and changing the line item to ‘Armored Electric Vehicles’ instead.” (02/13/25)