Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
Tesla said a defect could cause the electric truck to lose driver power and pledged to replace the affected part for free.
A pesar de que Trump se ha opuesto a las políticas que favorecen a los vehículos eléctricos, si llega a la presidencia podría aliviar el escrutinio regulatorio de Tesla o proteger los créditos y subsidios lucrativos.
Although Donald Trump has opposed policies that favor electric cars, if he becomes president he could ease regulatory scrutiny of Tesla or protect lucrative credits and subsidies.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said it was looking into what Elon Musk’s electric car company called the full self-driving system.
The company’s C.E.O. said the new autonomous vehicle, which does not have a steering wheel, would cost less than $30,000, but the technology still faces hurdles.
The General Motors subsidiary reached a settlement with the main auto safety regulator after one of its self-driving taxis struck a pedestrian in San Francisco last year.
The government is aggressively promoting electric cars. But a dramatic blaze in an underground lot has left some potential buyers worried about safety.
General Motors said the self-driving division’s cars will operate in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix after an accident last year. Human drivers will supervise the cars.
La conducción asistida por computadora cuenta con apoyo oficial y aceptación pública, pero los medios estatales rara vez informan de accidentes y las publicaciones en internet están censuradas.