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'Fun police' force Tesla's 11th recall in US in just over three months

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

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

Asked by a Twitter follower 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).”

Tesla told NHTSA on February 4 that it would disable Boombox when its vehicles are in drive, neutral or reverse, to comply with a safety standard requiring electric cars to emit sounds

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