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State Department removes mention of 'armored Teslas' from its 2025 procurement list, replaces it with 'armored electric vehicles'
The State Department said it was planning to buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas
this year.
It now says it will be buying "Armored Electric Vehicles" instead of specifically Teslas.
Musk's companies have received billions of dollars from government contracts and subsidies.
The State Department has scrubbed mention of armored Teslas from its 2025 procurement forecast.
The procurement document previously contained a line item that read: "Armored Tesla (Production Units)" β a reference to products from Elon Musk's electric vehicle company, Tesla. It was listed as a five-year contract and valued at $400 million, making it the biggest item on the list.
The document was titled "Department of State Procurement Forecast Year 2025 (Revised 12/23/2024)." The Tesla line item had last been revised on December 13.
As of Wednesday night at 9:12 p.m. EST, the line item has been revised. It now reads "Armored Electric Vehicles." It's still listed as a five-year contract worth $400 million.
The document is now called "Department of State Procurement Forecast Year 2025."
The latest version of the document doesn't mention Tesla.
"I'm pretty sure Tesla isn't getting $400M. No one mentioned it to me, at least," Musk wrote on X on Thursday about the department's revised forecast.
News of the $400 million State Department contract with Tesla was reported by Drop Site News on Wednesday.
It's unclear when the procurement list was first released. The State Department updates its forecast in the first quarter of every fiscal year.
When contacted for comment, a State Department spokesperson told Business Insider that no government contract for armored electric vehicles has been awarded to Tesla or any other vehicle manufacturer.
The Biden administration had instructed the State Department to assess if private companies would be interested in producing armored vehicles, the spokesperson added. Only one company responded to the department's request for information, the spokesperson said.
There are no current plans to hold an official bid, the spokesperson said.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the change.
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