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Elon Musk’s DOGE comes for agency that regulates autonomous vehicles


Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is firing nearly half of a small government team that regulates autonomous vehicles, the Washington Post

In October, the NHTSA opened a new investigation into Tesla’s so-called “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” software after four crashes in low visibility situations were reported, one of which resulted in the death of a pedestrian. Aside from firing people who worked with crash test dummies or helped states get safety grant funding, DOGE eliminated three of about seven employees in a new office dedicated to overseeing autonomous vehicles, reports The Post. Previously, she covered social media for Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more.

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