It has since stated it would not pursue the order. Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that the State Department is planning to buy $400 million Tesla trucks. One user wrote, “The United States State Department is now planning to spend $400 ...

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The State Department has attempted to distance itself from its proposed $400 million Tesla contract by citing the fact that it was proposed during the Biden ...

New information about the $400 million US government contract for “armored Tesla” vehicles that was reportedly put on hold

The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.

Images of the Cybertrucks were posted to X on Tuesday by Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who wrote, “These are badass.” McMahill also included tweets in his thread about new rollouts of technology like drones and the highly controversial shot-spotters.

The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) announced it had been gifted the country’s first fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks for law enforcement use. During an address, LVMPD said an unnamed

Tesla’s campaigns to sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers, bypassing traditional dealerships, face more challenges in Democratic statehouses as Musk’s national clout grows.

The Trump administration attempted to distance itself from a $400 million Tesla contract by revealing it was in the works under the previous administration while withholding that that contract was worth less than 1%.

Social media users are claiming that the State Department is planning to buy $400 million Tesla trucks. One user wrote, “The United States State Department is now planning to spend $400 million ...