US Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez famously drives a Tesla Mannequin 3, which she vowed to switch with a union-made electrical car in Could 2022 weeks after she clashed with Elon Musk on Twitter (now X).

Her publicly said intention has not materialized but, which is why she was requested about it lately on CBS‘ Face the Nation (by way of Bloomberg). As labor strikes organized by the United Auto Employees (UAW) towards Detroit’s Large Three carmakers have entered the tenth day, Ocasio-Cortez admitted she nonetheless does not personal an EV made by union employees.

The Democratic congresswoman mentioned she purchased her Tesla Mannequin 3 throughout the pandemic to commute between her New York Metropolis district and Washington, DC, however hasn’t changed it with a union-made EV but as a result of not lots of them supplied comparable driving vary.

“Our automotive was bought throughout the pandemic earlier than a vaccine had come out,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned. “So to journey between New York and Washington the most secure approach that we had decided was an EV, however that was previous to among the new fashions popping out available on the market that had the vary out there. However we’re truly trying into buying and selling in our automotive now. So we’re trying into it and hopefully we are going to quickly.”

Curiously, there aren’t that many decisions available on the market if the Democratic politician needs to purchase a union-made EV. The one presently out there electrical fashions constructed with union labor are the Chevrolet Bolt EV, Bolt EUV, Cadillac Lyriq, Ford F-150 Lightning, and Ford E-Transit – and the Bolts will not be for for much longer as they are going to exit of manufacturing by the tip of the 12 months.

After all, there’s nothing unsuitable with Ocasio-Cortez driving a Tesla Mannequin 3, which is probably the most American-made car bought within the US proper now.

The one difficulty some folks have raised is her lack of consistency in that she owns a car that is not made by union employees whereas she is actively siding with the UAW within the union’s strike towards the Detroit Three.

Slightly surprisingly given their earlier dustup on social media final 12 months, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hasn’t reacted to Ocasio-Cortez’s feedback but.

In April 2022, the US consultant complained on Twitter about “some billionaire with an ego drawback” who “unilaterally controls an enormous communication platform,” to which Musk responded by saying, “Cease hitting on me, I am actually shy.” AOC later insisted she was speaking about Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg.