https://newrepublic.com/post/189363/trump-team-destroy-crash-reporting-rule-tesla-hates

Tesla’s “self-driving” cars may be about to get a whole lot more dangerous.

Elon Musk’s efforts ingratiating himself into Trumpworld are about to pay off.

Donald Trump’s presidential transition team has recommended that the president-elect quash a crash reporting requirement for self-driving vehicles. In an internal document obtained by Reuters, the team described the safety reporting condition as a mandate for “excessive” data collection, advising that the president-elect abolish the requirement entirely.

Doing so would radically alter the playing field for the burgeoning automated vehicle industry, decreasing transparency and making it more difficult for federal regulators to spark inquiries into dangerous practices. And Tesla would be the new policy’s biggest benefactor.

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https://newrepublic.com/post/189363/trump-team-destroy-crash-reporting-rule-tesla-hates