US Auto Safety Nominee Hopes to Wrap Up Tesla Investigations ‘Soon’

US Auto Safety Nominee Hopes to Wrap Up Tesla Investigations ‘Soon’
A Tesla logo is seen at the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 7, 2019. (Aly Song/Reuters)
Reuters
12/16/2021
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12/16/2021

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration’s nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator said Thursday he hopes the agency can complete its investigations into electric car maker Tesla soon.

Steven Cliff, deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and nominated for the top job, was asked about the agency’s probes into Tesla and he said “we hope to have those investigations wrapped up soon.” He said he did not have a “precise timeline.”