Agreed.
Does Tesla control the press release?
I second that question! I've been reading this theory a lot lately, but I find it hard to believe a government agency conducting an investigation into your company/product would say "hey, here is our report, pelase let us know when you want us to release it".
I think it is very likely the agency would want to release any results after the markets close if we are talking about a publicly traded company. They would want to prevent any suspicion they are activley influencing stock price. But for the very same reason I also think they would want- maybe are even bound by law - to release all results immediatly after they've concluded an investigation.
The notion that the NHTSA would be working with Tesla to time the press release is just implausible. Anyone else thinks the good people of the SEC would have a word with the NHTSA bosses if they did that?