If you want to operate autonomous vehicles on public roads, you don’t get to hide behind corporate secrecy. Public infrastructure demands public accountability. Trying to block the release of first crash data nationwide and now robotaxi trial data in Austin isn’t just anti-transparency, it’s anti-public interest.

You want the privilege of using public roads? Then you play by public rules.

Do you really want to trust a company that seeks to keep it's safety record secret?

Consumer relations, rapport and trust does not seem to be Musk's strong suit. Maybe he should stick with politics and government contracts.

Also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44186780 which is about a slightly different article:

Tesla seeks to guard crash data from public disclosure (reuters.com)

501 points | by kklisura | 1 day ago | 443 comments

This is a competitive market, and other companies (Waymo, via the Uber app) already have general permits to operate in Austin.

They shouldn't have advance notice of Tesla's strategy and plans.

I'll submit a Texas FOIA as well, so we'll likely get a simultaneous response.

The only difference is I'll publish them on some .ai tld.