The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration is experiencing layoffs because of DOGE.
Several employees of the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) were reportedly axed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) last February. There were about 30 employees that were removed from their post by DOGE, and it is now being reported that most of them are car safety experts who are evaluating autonomous car and technology. Because of these layoffs from DOGE, one fired employee claimed that this could potentially "weaken" the agency's capabilities in understanding self-driving technology that are currently looking expanding now. DOGE Fires NHTSA Car Safety, Autonomous Car Experts According to a new report by The Financial Times, there had been a massive restructuring at the NHTSA that DOGE effected last February, removing as many as 30 employees of the agency. It was revealed that many of these fired NHTSA staff were experts and part of the team that centers on car safety, tasked with evaluating autonomous driving technology in the…