The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla (TSLA), a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems, Reuters’ Jarrett Renshaw, Rachael Levy and Chris Kirkham report, citing a document seen by the publication. Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes – more than 1,500 – to federal safety regulators under the program, the authors note.
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