Biden Won't Acknowledge Tesla, And Now The White House Wants Elon Musk's Help With The Chip Shortage
Biden Won't Acknowledge Tesla, And Now The White House Wants Elon Musk's Help With The Chip Shortage
As Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) fans continue to urge President Joe Biden to acknowledge the role Tesla has played in America's electrification efforts, a White House official has called upon Tesla for help with the chip shortage.
AS特斯拉公司(纳斯达克：特斯拉)粉丝继续敦促总统乔·拜登为了承认特斯拉在美国电气化努力中发挥的作用，一名白宫官员呼吁特斯拉帮助解决芯片短缺问题。
What Happened: Biden posted a video on Twitter with General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) CEO Mary Barra, crediting GM and Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) for their leading roles in America's transition to electric vehicles, but Tesla, the largest EV producer in the U.S., was left out of the conversation.
发生的事情：拜登在推特上发布了一段视频，通用汽车(纽约证券交易所股票代码：GM)首席执行官玛丽·巴拉，归功于通用汽车和福特汽车公司纽约证券交易所股票代码：F)对特斯拉在美国向电动汽车转型过程中扮演的领导角色表示赞赏，但美国最大的电动汽车生产商特斯拉被排除在对话之外。
Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the post with a tweet of his own in the form of a word puzzle: "Starts with a T, Ends with an A, ESL in the middle," Musk said in an apparent effort to get Biden to acknowledge Tesla.
特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克马斯克在推特上以字谜的形式回应了这条推文：“以T开头，以A结尾，中间是ESL，这显然是为了让拜登承认特斯拉。”
Musk's tweet saw significant engagement from Tesla fans as supporters followed up with responses to Biden, highlighting his oversight. Others saw it as more of an intentional slight and are taking more extensive measures to urge Biden to mention Tesla.
马斯克的推文吸引了特斯拉粉丝的大量参与，支持者纷纷回应拜登，突显了他的监督。其他人认为这更多的是故意的轻视，并正在采取更广泛的措施，敦促拜登提到特斯拉。
More than 55,000 people have signed a petition asking the president to acknowledge Tesla and someone even bought a billboard in Times Square featuring a tweet from Musk.
超过5.5万人在请愿书上签名，要求总统承认特斯拉，甚至有人在时代广场购买了一块广告牌，上面印有马斯克的推文。
Related Link: Tesla Fans Buy Times Square Billboard Promoting Tweet From Elon Musk: Will President Biden Notice?
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Why It Matters: Biden still hasn't recognized Tesla for its leadership in the EV space, yet Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is seeking help from the company in relation to supply constraints affecting the semiconductor industry.
重要的原因：拜登仍未承认特斯拉在电动汽车领域的领导地位，但商务部长吉娜·雷蒙多正在就影响半导体行业的供应限制向该公司寻求帮助。
"America still leads the world in design and software, and the tooling, the equipment to make the chips," Raimondo said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box." She wants semiconductor manufacturing to expand in the U.S. so the country can be less dependent on overseas manufacturers.
周四，雷蒙多在CNBC的“Squawk Box”节目中说：“美国在设计、软件、工具和制造芯片的设备方面仍处于世界领先地位。”她希望半导体制造业在美国扩张，这样美国就可以减少对海外制造商的依赖。
When asked specifically about whether Musk should be by his phone expecting a call, Raimondo said "yeah, absolutely."
当被特别问及马斯克是否应该在他的手机旁等待电话时，雷蒙多说：“是的，当然。”
"Look, none of this is personal," she said. "These issues are way too important for anyone to have, you know, feelings hurt. Like, let's just do the work. And as I said, anyone who has good ideas or is willing to help us, absolutely we want the help."
“听着，这些都不是针对个人的，”她说。“这些问题对任何人来说都太重要了，你知道，感情不会受到伤害。就像我说的，让我们干活吧。正如我所说，任何有好主意或愿意帮助我们的人，我们都绝对需要帮助。”
Raimondo noted that Tesla was able to navigate the chip shortage better than its competitors because of the nature of its business as a tech company, opposed to an automaker.
雷蒙多指出，特斯拉能够比竞争对手更好地解决芯片短缺问题，是因为它的业务性质是一家科技公司，而不是汽车制造商。
It remains to be seen if Biden will be the one reaching out to Tesla, and furthermore, if he will acknowledge the company as the EV leader it has been and continues to be.
拜登是否会与特斯拉接触还有待观察，此外，他是否会承认特斯拉是电动汽车的领先者，它过去一直是，现在也将继续是。
Photo: Diego Cambiaso from Pixabay.
图片来源：来自皮克斯巴伊的迭戈·坎比亚索(Diego Cambiaso)。