State Dept Contracts For $400M In “Armored Teslas”

Drop Site reports:

The State Department’s procurement forecast, revised as of late December 2024, lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to buy $400,000,000 worth of “Armored Tesla.” The award is targeted for Q4, and is forecast to last for five years.

The procurement forecast is listed as having been modified on December 13, 2024, a month after Donald Trump’s election. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Under the heading, “extent competed,” the document reads merely “TBD.”

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OMG—Musk has been cutting things like cancer research so the government can pay him $400 million to make an “Armored Tesla.”

Holy shit.

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— Mike Nellis (@mikenellis.bsky.social) February 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM