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NHTSA has questions about Tesla's robo-taxi and we pretty much have the same exact questions. Waymo makes the gaslight again and they get a recall too. Plus an update on New York's congestion pricing and recalls.

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This weeks links:

• https://electrek.co/2025/05/12/nhtsa-tesla-how-release-robotaxi-service-based-on-fsd/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2024/INIM-PE24031-62887.pdf
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/12/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-tesla-is-not-too-important-to-fail/
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/02/opinion/tesla-evs-musk-new-ceo/
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/11/upshot/congestion-pricing.html
• https://www.autoguide.com/auto/new-car-shopping-2/cars-from-these-brands-are-involved-in-more-accidents-44619526
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/connecticut-leaders-warn-about-dangers-of-hot-cars/ar-AA1EBEIq
• https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/general/doing-this-one-thing-with-your-steering-wheel-could-help-prevent-a-car-crash/ar-AA1EvjKs
• https://waymo.com/blog/2024/08/meet-the-6th-generation-waymo-driver/
• https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/zoox-ebike-crash-robotaxi-safety-20313079.php
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25E034-2471.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V297-4164.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V294-8593.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V282-3568.PDF