“Trump’s transition team wants the new administration to drop a requirement to report car accidents that Elon Musk’s Tesla has opposed.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Trump’s transition team wants the new administration to drop a requirement to report car accidents that Elon Musk’s Tesla has opposed. This is reported by Reuters. Tesla has previously been the target of at least three National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigations into the company’s Autopilot. A Reuters analysis of NHTSA crash data shows Tesla accounted for 40 of the 45 fatal crashes reported to NHTSA through Oct. 15. Tesla crashes investigated by NHTSA under the provision included a fatal 2023 crash in Virginia in which a driver using Autopilot collided with a tractor-trailer, and a crash in California the same year in which an Autopilot Tesla crashed into a fire engine. as a result, the driver died and four firefighters were injured. The recommendation to repeal the crash report rule came from Trump’s transition team, which has been tasked with developing a 100-day auto policy strategy. The group called the measure a mandate for “excessive” data collection, according to a document seen by Reuters. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade group representing most major automakers except Tesla, criticized the requirement as onerous. The move could undermine the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated driving systems, according to a document seen by Reuters. Trump’s transition team, Musk and Tesla did not respond to requests for comment. Reuters could not determine what role Musk played in the decision. NHTSA said in a statement that such data is critical to evaluating the safety of new automated driving technologies. Two former NHTSA officials said the crash reporting requirements were key to the agency’s investigations into Tesla’s driver-assistance features that led to the 2023 vehicle recall.