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

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 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 recommendation could potentially impede the government's capacity to regulate and investigate the safety of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems.

A new report indicates that the transition team for president-elect Trump may recommend removing the crash reporting requirement for automated vehicles.

The transition team of president-elect Donald Trump is planning to end existing car-crash reporting requirements to safety regulators.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

The team behind the Trump administration's incoming transition into the White House is pushing to remove a car-crash reporting requirement, a move that would benefit Elon Musk's Tesla whilst simultaneously complicating investigations into the safety of vehicles with automated driving.