The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, who has, to put it mildly, strained relations with the Biden administration, held a meeting with the American president’s advisers on Friday, the White House announced, according to AFP.

He met with Mitch Landrieu, the US president’s coordinator for major infrastructure projects, and John Podesta, the energy transition adviser, said Karin Jean-Pierre, a spokeswoman for the US executive branch.

According to her, the discussion was focused on how two important laws, adopted at the initiative of Joe Biden, “can develop the electric vehicle sector.”

The press secretary specified that Elon Musk did not communicate with the president and assured that the fact that he is the owner of Twitter was not mentioned.

The visit was unexpected, as the businessman’s relationship with Joe Biden’s White House is known to be frosty.

The Democratic president, who is a big supporter of labor unions, blocked Tesla from attending a major electric car event at the White House last August.

Elon Musk, who is very hostile to unions, condemned it as “sabotage”.

Karin Jean-Pierre recently called Elon Musk’s attacks on Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s retired adviser on the Covid-19 pandemic, “incredibly dangerous.”

Tesla reported record earnings this week, but faces growing doubts about the strength of demand for its electric vehicles.

Investors are also wondering whether the company is suffering because its boss now spends a lot of time at Twitter, which it bought last October.

Since then, the social network has grown stronger. In particular, Elon Musk last November restored the account of former President Donald Trump, who had not used it since then.

The Twitter chief tweeted Thursday that he also met in Washington with House Democratic and Republican leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Kevin McCarthy, respectively, to “discuss how to ensure the platform (sa) treats both parties fairly.” .