When NTSB Calls Began Criticizing Tesla, Elon Musk Reponded By Terminating It

Maybe Musk should just fire the NTSB investigator ;-)

On a serious note, that's just plain dumb. If you're innocent, then the very first thing ya gotta do, is NOT even give the *appearance* of being guilty.

Hanging up would be a childish reaction, like the outburst on the investor call. Both were somewhat justified, but execution was poor. In the case of the NTSB, safety info should always be released asap in the interest of full transparency. For the conference call, the two people he called boneheaded were short sellers trying to justify their shorts. Not great excuses, both situation could have been handled better.

Not just could, they should have been handled better. If it is so easy to get under his skin that's terrible. As executive Musk should speak through executing the company's mission, delivering products and results, not acting like a child and throwing fits when his toys are broken.

But if you're guilty, this is exactly what you do.

Pride goeth before the fall!

Actually - the NTSB does not have the authority under the law to prevent a person from stating what they know publically. THAT would have required an judicial order - not mentioned.

IF he "asked" for it - and I were Musk - knowing that these investigations take months to years - I would not have wanted to be under the cloud of suspicion for any period of time - AND ESPECIALLY when they are at a real crisis point in their existence. I am not a Musk supporter - but in this case - I do not see he did anything wrong.

"On a serious note, that's just plain dumb. If you're innocent, then the very first thing ya gotta do, is NOT even give the *appearance* of being guilty."

maybe they are guilty ...

Nooooo.....Not Tesla !?!!??!!!???!!!???

Investigate ONE Tesla accident while about half a dozen other people DIE EVERY HOUR in other vehicles.

Obviously some demented obsession with Tesla is at play. People in charge of NHTSA and NTSB should be fired, this is inexcusable corruption and bias.

Tesla...infallible

@fiftysix - this is just pure misinformation on so many levels. Only a limited number of Cadillacs, Mercedes, and Nissans have tech that will physically keep you in the lane and do the steering for you versus simply beeping when you're about to go over. You don't hear about them driving into barriers because THEY ARE NOT STEERING.

Second, if the rate of accidents and death is lower in the same car with Autopilot on versus off, saying it is less safe is just a stupid thing to say. If an airplane crashes and 300 passengers die, it does not mean flying is statistically less safe than driving. Accidents are tragic, but you have to look at the total numbers to determine the safety rate.

@fiftysix http://fortune.com/2017/01/19/teslas-autopilot-tech-safer-nhtsa-report/

Well, that's inconvenient. The "cursory" airbag deployment metric is the only hard stat publicly available. There are no counter-stats to contradict it either.

Any man who can develop and fund a manned mission to the planet Mars does doesn't have do talk with any stink'n National Transportation Safety Board on Earth.