Business Alert: How auto regulators played mind games with Elon Musk to force Tesla to be more transparent about safety
| Officials have learned to work with Tesla CEO Musk using a combination of pressure, flattery and threats to persuade him to comply with federal safety measures, according to a half dozen former regulators. In the past six months, Tesla has issued at least a dozen voluntary recalls, a dramatic turnaround for a company known to quietly issue software updates direct to cars — without alerting the public — to fix sometimes alarming safety problems. |
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| | | | Business Alert | March 27, 2:04 p.m. EDT | | | | | Officials have learned to work with Tesla CEO Musk using a combination of pressure, flattery and threats to persuade him to comply with federal safety measures, according to a half dozen former regulators. In the past six months, Tesla has issued at least a dozen voluntary recalls, a dramatic turnaround for a company known to quietly issue software updates direct to cars — without alerting the public — to fix sometimes alarming safety problems. | | | | | |
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