Elon Musk's team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his Tesla company's cars.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised questions about crashes involving Tesla’s self-driving technology.

Elon Musk accused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of holding back self-driving technology. Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.

Federal regulators cited Tesla for violating workplace safety rules tied to the death of Victor Gomez Sr., an electrician working as a contractor at the automaker's Austin factory. As first reported by Reuters,

Texas, sent a letter to the Labor Department on Feb. 19 urging OSHA to release full results of its investigation, suggesting it could raise questions about whether the agency is giving Musk preferential treatment if it fails to do so.