( April 6, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge granted in part motions for summary judgment filed by Tesla Inc. and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dispute with WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post, which sought to compel disclosure of certain safety records for Tesla vehicles, finding that Tesla’s hardware and software version data and crash narratives qualify as confidential under a FOIA exemption because disclosure would cause competitive harm but that the court cannot conclude NHTSA met its burden to show harm if the operational design domain (ODD) data is disclosed....