The whimsical boss had repeatedly in recent months been annoyed to be left out by the White House, which has clearly shown its preference for traditional builders employing unionized workers.
Elon Musk tweeted again on January 30: "For unknown reasons, (the president) is unable to pronounce the word +Tesla+".
At an event announcing the creation of a charging station factory for electric vehicles in Tennessee, Joe Biden finally mentioned the group.
Referring to the companies that had invested in factories in recent months in the United States, he first spoke of "mythical companies like GM and Ford, in the process of building the production of new electric vehicles", but just after quoted " Tesla, the nation's largest electric vehicle maker."
Elon Musk welcomed the remark by posting a message on his Twitter account mentioning it and accompanying it with a smiley emoji.
He shortly after thanked the signatories of a recent petition, officially launched to ask the American president "to recognize Tesla's leadership in electric cars".
She had collected 58,000 signatures.
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