The report comes in the wake of a recent study that suggests Teslas have more fatal accidents than any other automaker
- Trump’s transition team is aiming to draft a federal self-driving car standard, per recent reports
- Insiders say former Uber exec Emil Michael may be tapped to be transportation secretary
- Also: a new reports suggests Teslas are involved in more fatal crashes than any other brand
According to Bloomberg, while the American Transportation Department can direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to craft regulation that would allow a single, national standard for cars without steering wheels, a bill from Congress would not only be speedier, but “would clear the way for mass adoption of self-driving cars.”
The transition team, according to insiders, is reportedly looking to appoint as transportation secretary Emil Michael, a former executive with Uber, another company that has promised completely robotic-driven taxis. Nonetheless, it’s almost impossible to believe GOP lawmakers would write such a bill without input from Mr. Musk, who is without a doubt, the leading expert in the field—at least in the Republican party.
It also says the Model Y has 10.6 fatal crashes per billion miles, about four times the national average. (It is, however, not the worst offender on a model level; the Hyundai Venue averages 13.9 fatal collisions per billion vehicle miles driven.)
According to iSeeCars and the magazine, it’s worth noting the 2024 Model Y garnered the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick+ award, and that “many of the other cars that ranked highly” in fatal collisions have been given high safety ratings by the IIHS and the NHTSA.
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