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The Associated Press reports:
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.
Musk has accused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of holding back progress on self-driving technology with its investigations and recalls.
In addition to investigations into Tesla’s partially automated vehicles, NHTSA has mandated that Tesla and other automakers using self-driving technology report crash data on vehicles, a requirement that Tesla has criticized and that watchdogs fear could be eliminated.
Read the full article. Earlier this month an analysis found that Tesla’s Cybertruck is 17 times “more deadly” than the infamous Ford Pinto. The image above is from a 2022 crash that reportedly resulted from the driver watching a movie on his phone while his Tesla was in “auto-pilot” mode.
Your morning reminder this is all a corrupt grift.
Musk is firing 50% of the office that regulates the self driving cars he makes and sells. Those that remain will serve at the pleasure of the guy they are supposed to be regulating.
Not a joke. https://t.co/LXihhUej3l
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 21, 2025