<p>Tesla head Elon Musk met with senior White House officials Friday to discuss the Biden administration's push to grow the electric vehicle market, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.</p>.<p>"That meeting did happen today," she told reporters.</p>.<p>Musk, who has had sometimes openly prickly relations with President Joe Biden, met infrastructure development coordinator Mitch Landrieu and clean energy advisor John Podesta.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/musk-faces-sec-probe-for-role-in-tesla-self-driving-claims-1185365.html" target="_blank">Musk faces SEC probe for role in Tesla self-driving claims</a></strong><br /><br />They discussed "electrification and how the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act can advance EVs and increase the electrification more broadly," Jean-Pierre said, referring to two major pieces of legislation passed under Biden providing subsidies and incentives to bolster clean energy, electric vehicles and general infrastructure.</p>.<p>Jean-Pierre said Biden did not meet with Musk, but "it's important that senior members of his team had a meeting."</p>.<p>The billionaire entrepreneur occupies an unusual place at the intersection of cutting edge industry and politics with ownership of the country's most famous EV brand, space projects and Twitter.</p>.<p>He has often tangled with the Biden administration and has used Twitter to embrace right-wing talking points.</p>.<p>On Thursday, he said he met with Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries as Congress explores potential curbs on social media platforms.</p>.<p>Musk tweeted that he went to "discuss ensuring that this platform is fair to both parties."</p>
<p>Tesla head Elon Musk met with senior White House officials Friday to discuss the Biden administration's push to grow the electric vehicle market, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.</p>.<p>"That meeting did happen today," she told reporters.</p>.<p>Musk, who has had sometimes openly prickly relations with President Joe Biden, met infrastructure development coordinator Mitch Landrieu and clean energy advisor John Podesta.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/musk-faces-sec-probe-for-role-in-tesla-self-driving-claims-1185365.html" target="_blank">Musk faces SEC probe for role in Tesla self-driving claims</a></strong><br /><br />They discussed "electrification and how the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act can advance EVs and increase the electrification more broadly," Jean-Pierre said, referring to two major pieces of legislation passed under Biden providing subsidies and incentives to bolster clean energy, electric vehicles and general infrastructure.</p>.<p>Jean-Pierre said Biden did not meet with Musk, but "it's important that senior members of his team had a meeting."</p>.<p>The billionaire entrepreneur occupies an unusual place at the intersection of cutting edge industry and politics with ownership of the country's most famous EV brand, space projects and Twitter.</p>.<p>He has often tangled with the Biden administration and has used Twitter to embrace right-wing talking points.</p>.<p>On Thursday, he said he met with Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries as Congress explores potential curbs on social media platforms.</p>.<p>Musk tweeted that he went to "discuss ensuring that this platform is fair to both parties."</p>