Payback to Musk starts?
Ian
and then when it was noticedUS Department of State plans to spend $400m on Tesla armoured vehicles
A procurement forecast produced by the department showed the $400m (£320m) proposed spending on “armoured Tesla (production units)”. They are likely to be Cybertrucks, the newest model of the company’s electric pickup, given Musk’s claims that the vehicle is bulletproof.
(from https://www.theguardian.com/technol...end-400m-on-tesla-armoured-vehicles-elon-musk)
But in fairness, maybe "Conspiracy Theory", maybe not as the initial projection for the money to Tesla was after Trump/Musk had been elected but before he took office ie during the handover period ...However, another version showed the entry was “modified” on Wednesday evening, apparently after the procurement was first reported by Drop Site News, an independent outlet. That entry was identical to the previous version except that the reference to “Tesla” was removed.
(from https://www.theguardian.com/technol...end-400m-on-tesla-armoured-vehicles-elon-musk)
Ian