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A report from Reuters indicates that the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump is planning to eliminate current requirements for reporting car crashes to safety regulators.
The document obtained by Reuters outlines the transition team’s 100-day automotive policy strategy, stating that the crash-reporting requirement leads to collecting “excessive” data.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has criticized this requirement. Musk, who invested over a quarter billion dollars in Trump’s campaign, has been nominated by Trump to lead a proposed Department of Government Efficiency.
The federal crash-reporting program, in place since 2021, requires Tesla to report most crashes to safety regulators, with more than 1,500 crashes reported, according to Reuters. Analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) showed Tesla was involved in 40 out of 45 fatal crashes reported by October 15.
NHTSA is scrutinizing Tesla over its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. In October, they launched an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles with FSD. The regulator has also asked Tesla to stop making misleading claims about FSD’s autonomous capabilities, clarifying that it only provides driver assistance.
Data from NHTSA’s program has led to 10 investigations into six companies and prompted nine safety recalls.
In September, NHTSA fined Cruise, a robotaxi startup owned by General Motors, for not reporting a 2023 incident. GM recently announced plans to integrate Cruise into a single unit focused on autonomous and assisted driving.
Last month, reports indicated that the Trump administration aims to prioritize creating a federal framework for self-driving vehicles under the Department of Transportation. Proposed new rules would ease regulations on self-driving vehicles and increase the number allowed on public roads.
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