Wednesday 22 June 2022 11:08 PM Tesla's Model Y and Model 3 named 'most American-made cars' in new survey trends now
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Tesla's Model Y and Model 3 vehicles have been named 'the most American-made cars' in a new survey and yet, President Joe Biden has excluded Elon Musk's company from the EV summit and named GM as the leader of electric vehicles.
'They have so much power in the White House that they can exclude Tesla from an EV summit, Musk said speaking with "Tesla Owners Silicon Valley.
And adding insult to injury, President Biden also congratulated Mary Barra, CEO of GM, at a separate event for leading the electric vehicle revolution.
'I believe it was in the same quarter that GM delivered 26 electric vehicles and Tesla delivered 300,000,' Musk continued in the interview.
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The survey was conducted by Cars.com's annual American Made Index, which awarded the Tesla Model Y compact SUV as the number one American-made car, with the Model 3 compact sedan coming in second.
The index is based on a specific set of data including where the cars are assembled, parts sourcing through the American Automobile Labeling Act and factory employment.
Jenni Newman, Cars.com editor-in-chief, said in a statement: 'The composition of this year's much-anticipated American-Made Index is particularly interesting in the context of our current marketplace, where