That excuse was made up after the fact. They didn't even have their message straight. One of the links in the article is about Pete Buttigieg giving a totally

That excuse was made up after the fact. They didn't even have their message straight. One of the links in the article is about Pete Buttigieg giving a totally different explanation as to why Tesla wasn't invited: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/08/05/u-s-secretary-of-transportation-pete-buttigieg-on-why-tesla-was-excluded-from-white-house-ev-event/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/08/05/u-s-secretary-of-transp... If it was a UAW event, perhaps he should have called it that and not the "EV Summit". Elon Musk has every right to be annoyed that he was not invited to such an event, although he has taken it 100x too far. But Elon Musk isn't a public official and Biden is the president. He has public duties. He ought to have been smart enough not to snub the richest man in the world, who rightfully should have been invited, over a stupid PR event.