{"id":1050509,"date":"2024-12-16T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1050509"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:25:58","slug":"icymi-after-musk-spends-millions-on-trump-campaign-trump-now-pushes-to-scrap-tesla-safety-regulations-that-musk-opposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-after-musk-spends-millions-on-trump-campaign-trump-now-pushes-to-scrap-tesla-safety-regulations-that-musk-opposes\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: After Musk Spends Millions on Trump Campaign, Trump Now Pushes to Scrap Tesla Safety Regulations that Musk Opposes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cThe Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government\u2019s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/trump-transition-recommends-scrapping-car-crash-reporting-requirement-opposed-by-2024-12-13\/\"><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Exclusive: Trump team wants to scrap car-crash reporting rule that Tesla opposes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Jarrett Renshaw, Rachael Levy and Chris Kirkham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government\u2019s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Musk, the world&#8217;s richest person, spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars helping Trump get elected president in November. Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla,<\/strong><strong> which has reported most of the crashes \u2013 more than 1,500 \u2013 to federal safety regulators under the program. <\/strong>Tesla has been targeted in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigations, including three stemming from the data.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Reuters analysis of the NHTSA crash data shows Tesla accounted for 40 out of 45 fatal crashes reported to NHTSA through Oct. 15.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NHTSA said in a statement that such data is crucial to evaluating the safety of emerging automated-driving technologies. Two former NHTSA employees said the crash-reporting requirements were pivotal to agency investigations into Tesla\u2019s driver-assistance features that led to 2023 recalls. Without the data, they said, NHTSA cannot easily detect crash patterns that highlight safety problems.<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tesla\u2019s Autopilot and \u201cFull Self-Driving\u201d systems, which are not fully autonomous, have come under intense scrutiny in lawsuits and a DOJ criminal probe examining whether <strong>Tesla exaggerated its vehicles&#8217; self-driving capabilities, misleading investors and harming consumers.<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In recent years, Tesla executives discussed with Musk the need to push for scrapping the crash-reporting requirement, according to one of the sources. <strong>But because Biden officials expressed enthusiasm for the program, Tesla executives ultimately concluded that they would need a change in administration to get rid of the requirements, according to the source.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cThe Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government\u2019s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.\u201d Reuters: Exclusive: Trump team wants to scrap car-crash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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