US Safety Agency Criticizes Tesla Crash Data Release

US Safety Agency Criticizes Tesla Crash Data Release
Rescue workers attend the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California, March 25, 2018. KTVU FOX 2/via Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot that killed the driver last month.

The agency “needs the cooperation of Tesla to decode the data the vehicle recorded,” NTSB spokesman Chris O'Neil said in a statement. “In each of our investigations involving a Tesla vehicle, Tesla has been extremely cooperative on assisting with the vehicle data.”