i think we're reaching a point where we have to separate, you know, tesla as a company has productsand there's a loto, a lot of things to like about tesla. I but i think very clearly, like the leadership of this company is, is, is not well balancedits. It's essentially an autocracy of one manand and this one man has become very, very comfortable just treating laws like they don't exist in a whole bunch of areas. The same thing can be applied to the v am industry, which sounds crazy, but true. So they should care about all these things instead of just fighting back against e.
Tesla's confrontation with US auto safety regulators continues to ratchet up, as the automaker pulled a stealth OTA recall of an Autopilot issue that was under active NHTSA investigation. Meanwhile, the respected and outspoken critic of Autopilot safety (among many other topics) Missy Cummings was announced as special safety advisor to NHTSA, prompting an online harassment campaign by Tesla fans. The gang sorts through these developments, while leaving a little time for Alex to report on the annual Self Racing Cars trackday and for Ed to share an NTSB job listing.