President Donald Trump has chosen Jonathan Morrison, an Apple government, to go the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration, per a Senate submitting.
The nomination shall 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, in line with 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 Companies and director of authorized and regulatory affairs on the California New Automotive Sellers Affiliation.
Morrison’s car-centric profession might align with Trump’s objectives for the transportation sector over the following 4 years.
Trump has already issued an government order to pause the event of federally funded EV charging infrastructure and has delayed updates to automated emergency braking necessities. He intends to roll again Biden period gas effectivity requirements, create a extra streamlined path to develop AVs, and finish crash reporting updates from self-driving automobile corporations.
