PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Car</span></a> safety experts at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NHTSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHTSA</span></a>, which regulates <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> , axed by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> </p><p>Job cuts at the US traffic safety <a href="https://mas.to/tags/regulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulator</span></a> instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight of technology on which the world’s richest man has staked the future of Tesla.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/selfdriving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfdriving</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takedown</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/conflictofinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictofinterest</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/car-safety-experts-at-nhtsa-which-regulates-tesla-axed-by-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/c</span><span class="invisible">ar-safety-experts-at-nhtsa-which-regulates-tesla-axed-by-doge/</span></a></p>