President Donald Trump chose Jonathan Morrison, an Apple leader, to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, by a Senate deposit.
The appointment will be examined and voted by the Senate Commercial, Science and Transport Committee before being sent for a full vote to the Senate.
If he has sworn, Morrison will supervise an agency that actively probe Tesla by Elon Musk, surveys that the Ministry of Transport is Sean Duffy says that will continue.
Morrison has spent the last four years working at Apple, according to his Liendin. Techcrunch contacted Apple to find out more about the role of Morrison in the company.
Before that, he was a chief lawyer for the NHTSA during Trump’s first term. Morrison has automotive training; He was previously president of Auto Advisory Services and Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at California New Car Dealers Association.
Morrison’s car career could line up with Trump’s objectives for the transport sector over the next four years.
Trump has already published a decree to suspend the development of an EV load infrastructure funded by the federal government and has delayed updating automatic emergency braking requirements. He intends to reduce the energy efficiency standards of the Biden era, to create a more rationalized path to develop AV, and put an end to the updates of accident reports autonomous automotive companies.
