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"Armored Tesla" forecast to win $400 million State Department contract after Trump's election, government document shows


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.”

Elon Musk in front of the newly unveiled Tesla Cybertruck with broken glass on windows following a demonstation that did not go as planned on November 21, 2019. 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 procurement forecast is listed as having been modified on December 13, 2024, a month after Donald Trump’s election.

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