President Donald Trump has chosen Jonathan Morrison, an Apple govt, to go the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration, per a Senate filing.
The nomination might be reviewed and voted on by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation earlier than being despatched for a full Senate vote.
If he’s sworn in, Morrison will oversee an company that’s actively probing Elon Musk’s Tesla, investigations that Division of Transportation head Sean Duffy says will proceed.
Morrison spent the final 4 years working at Apple, based on his LinkedIn. TechCrunch has reached out to Apple to be taught extra about Morrison’s function on the firm.
Earlier than that, he served as chief counsel for NHTSA throughout Trump’s first time period. Morrison has an automotive background; He was beforehand president of Auto Advisory Providers and director of authorized and regulatory affairs on the California New Automotive Sellers Affiliation.
Morrison’s car-centric profession might align with Trump’s targets for the transportation sector over the following 4 years.
Trump has already issued an govt order to pause the event of federally funded EV charging infrastructure and has delayed updates to computerized emergency braking necessities. He intends to roll again Biden period gasoline effectivity requirements, create a extra streamlined path to develop AVs, and end crash reporting updates from self-driving automobile firms.