Trump Team: Scrap Car-crash Reporting Rule Opposed by Tesla

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The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk's Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government's ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.

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REUTERS: "Trump wants to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk's Tesla ... cripple government's ability to investigate/regulate vehicles with automated-driving systems ... " Elon already getting his money's worth. Just the beginning. www.reuters.com/business/aut ...

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... Musk, the world'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, which has reported most of the crashes -- more than 1,500 -- to federal safety regulators under the program. Tesla has been targeted in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigations, including three stemming from the data. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 02:17 PM | Reply

~~The Trump transition team~~ Co-President Elon wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-14 02:23 PM | Reply

Donald Trump's role as a cheap carny who gained the presidency only to discover he's actually working for Elon Musk cries out for a red rubber nose to go with his orange hair-plugs.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-12-14 02:45 PM | Reply

Trumpers are SO smart!

Drain the Swamp and refill it with Billionaires!

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-14 03:39 PM | Reply

President Musk has demands.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-14 04:08 PM | Reply

He's creepy as hell, isn't he?

And he's running circles around #47.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-14 05:20 PM | Reply

@#6 ... And he's running circles around #47. ...

That is the interesting aspect of co-President-elect Musk for me at this point.

I wonder how long it will take before Pres-elect Trump realizes how much of the spotlight co-President-elect Musk is stealing?

And once he does, what will he do?

It looks like the cracks may be staring to appear.

For example, while Mr Musk was in the Trump election victory photo, he was not in Pres-elect Trump's opening bell ceremony at the NYSE.

Trump's Family Photo After His Victory Says It All (November 7, 2024)
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... On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai Trump posted a photo of the entire family clan at their estate in Mar-a-Lago, including all of the president-elect's children, their spouses, and several grandchildren. But the photo was missing his wife, Melania, and, for some reason, included billionaire Elon Musk. ...

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 07:35 PM | Reply

And once he does, what will he do?

I'm sure they have a pre-nup.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-14 07:43 PM | Reply

@#8 .... I'm sure they have a pre-nup ...

Yeah, as if that matters to pres-elect Trump.

In my view, this topic is yet another example of Pres-elect Trump selling the Oval Office to the highest bidder to get the results desired. And only billionaires need apply.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 08:38 PM | Reply

The US already has a 100% tariff on Chinese EV's so Teslas can actually win in the market, thought they are too expensive for most people. So of course, Musk and Trump are grinning like hell, they are the devils in charge. english.kyodonews.net

#10 | Posted by Hughmass at 2024-12-15 06:10 AM | Reply

"I told my people to stop with the testing!"

"Only 15 crashes soon to be zero!"

"If we just stop with all the testing the crashes will go away like magic. Especially after it gets warm."

- A Real Genius.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-15 12:34 PM | Reply

Make that "President"* Trump.
Dankie,,
~ President Musk

* For ceremonial purposes only

#12 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-12-16 06:32 AM | Reply

I continuously have to laugh at the total hypocrisy of the morons on the left. Musk has done more to combat climate change than anyone else in the world which to the left is the gold standard. After Biden dished him at a world EV conference and announced that Chevy (with it's failed volt) was the leader in EV technology, Musk saw the light and switched parties. Now the left claims he's Satan.
Oh, but it actually makes sense after they announced that the war mongers, Dick and Liz Cheney and John Bolton were the new faces of the Democratic party.

#13 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-12-16 01:07 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

war mongers

#13 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Want to start a dead pool for Donald's first second-term war?

It's impossible to be a pacifist and also sadistic and dumb as a stump.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-16 02:09 PM | Reply

war mongers

#13 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Donald will start a war for the same reason he does anything: to feed/protect his ego by jerking other people around as severely as they can be jerked.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-16 02:10 PM | Reply

Trump will be waging a war, against America.

Trump's last term as president ravaged our economy and left nearly a million Americans dead.

Can't wait to see what his second term brings.

Based on recent reports, polio!

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-16 02:14 PM | Reply

Wait. A free speech maximalist wants our government to not track or report on certain car crashes? Cannot be our Leon, leaper of small hops, creeper of women and weeper at the loss of a single adoring fan...

#17 | Posted by catdog at 2024-12-16 06:00 PM | Reply