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Updated: 40+ NHTSA Employees Fired Late Friday… Elon Doesn't See Any Conflicts of Interest (fuelarc.com)

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Update: We broke this news over the weekend from a lucky catch on Reddit, but the Washington Post and TechCrunch are expanding on it, citing anonymous sources. They report that 10% of the NHTSA employees have been cut, which would be about 80 staffers, with especially heavy cuts for the employees in the new office overseeing autonomous vehicle safety.

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[-] khannie@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago

Doing something like that late on Friday is a deliberate tactic. It's to avoid news cycles and / or fuck with the persons weekend.

[-] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 5 points 11 hours ago

I think it's news cycle in this case. Felt like how a looter would fire the department, "wait until nightfall" deal

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