US President Joe Biden's claims that automakers like GM and Ford are creating thousands of jobs and making the largest investments in the country has once again miffed Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who took to social media on Wednesday to correct him.
Biden tweeted that Ford is investing $11 billion to build electric vehicles — creating 11,000 jobs across the country.
Moreover, the US president also alleged that GM is making the largest investment in its history —$7 billion to build electric vehicles, creating 4,000 jobs in Michigan.
Musk, the CEO of the world's largest electric vehicle maker in the US, took a jibe at Biden and commented on his Twitter post, "Tesla has created over 50,000 US jobs building electric vehicles and is investing more than double GM + Ford combined. [fyi to person controlling this twitter]".
Twitter Snapshot of Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking a dig at US President Joe Biden
© Photo : Twitter / @elonmusk
Earlier this week, Biden met executives from General Motors (GM) and the Ford Motor Company at the White House and tweeted a video with GM CEO Mary Barra in which he said that automakers like "GM and Ford are building more electric vehicles here at home than ever before".
Biden touted GM's recent $7 billion investment in Michigan to ramp up EV production to which Musk reacted and said that Biden was "treating the American public like fools".
Musk, who also runs the space exploration company SpaceX, went on to tweet that "Biden is a damp (sock) puppet in human form" and hinted the name of the company that should have been mentioned, "starts with a T, ends with an A, ESL in the middle".