‘Fun police’ made Elon Musk carry out latest Tesla recall


Musk has repeatedly clashed with US regulators, directing much of his ire at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. — AFP

Elon Musk apparently isn’t pleased with pressure the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration put on Tesla Inc to conduct its 11th recall in the US in just over three months.

Asked by a Twitter follower on Saturday what the rationale was for recalling a feature called Boombox, which enabled people to play sounds through an external speaker of their vehicle, Tesla’s chief executive officer replied: "The fun police made us do it (sigh).”

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