China flexes its auto-safety chops with huge recall of Tesla, other cars

Michael Brooks, executive ‌director of the ⁠Center for Auto Safety, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, said the NHTSA has struggled on fast-moving trends in vehicle technology, like self-driving cars and touchscreen controls, while regulators in China have implemented rules faster. Some safety requirements in the U.S., like rear seat-belt warnings, have taken more than a…