President Trump nominates Apple exec to serve as top auto safety administrator
President Donald Trump has nominated an Apple employee to serve as the nation’s top auto safety administrator overseeing a number of ongoing safety probes into Tesla.
David Shepardson for Reuters:
Jonathan Morrison, who served as chief counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during the first Trump administration and had previously worked for the California New Car Dealers Association, has been nominated to serve as the agency’s administrator, according to Senate records.
Last month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would allow an ongoing government probe into Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system to continue… Two weeks before Trump took office, NHTSA opened a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over reports of crashes involving a feature that allows users to move their cars remotely.
Morrison’s LinkedIn page said he began work at Apple in May 2021. Apple did not immediately respond to a question about whether he is still at the company.
MacDailyNews Take: Good luck as Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Mr. Morrison.
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