‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
They gained a cost reduction for a single quarter of a single year. No further thought was put into it.
That's not actually legal anywhere in the US. However, it requires being reported so it's hardly ever enforced.
I mean, yeah, but they could have decided that the eventual fines would be cheaper than the emergency fixes and let it happen.
Watch the scene again. She was disappointed at least for a moment.