The Trump transition team wants to end a federal rule requiring automakers to report crashes when advanced driver-assistance or autonomous driving

Donald Trump’s transition team is taking aim at a Biden-era rule requiring automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles, according to Reuters. Scrapping the crash reporting rule would greatly benefit Tesla, which to date, has reported the most number of crashes.

Trump's transition team has advised ending data collection on crashes involving vehicles with driver-assistance features like Tesla's.

The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.

Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, has opposed a federal regulation requiring the reporting of car crashes. Now the Trump transition team does too, Reuters reported Friday. It’s unclear whether the Trump administration will act on the recommendation from the transition team,

The NHTSA said the information collected by the reporting requirement is crucial to improving the safety for American motorists

The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla , according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.

The Trump administration could end a requirement that car makers report crashes caused by assisted-driving features

Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes – more than 1,500 – to federal safety regulators under the program.