US Government Points Tesla’s Sudden Accelerations To User Error

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US’ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has debunked claims that some of Tesla’s vehicles were accelerating without warning. They have stated that there is not enough evidence to fully open an investigation. While the agency has indeed received about more than 240 complaints regarding this occurrence, they said that “pedal misapplication” was the root cause for all of these cases for which there were data to present there. In other words, user error.

In a statement that they released last Friday, they expressed that “There is no evidence of any fault in the accelerator pedal assemblies, motor control systems, or brake systems that has contributed to any of the cited incidents.”

“There is no evidence of a design factor contributing to increased likelihood of pedal misapplication. The theory provided of a potential electronic cause of SUA in the subject vehicles is based upon inaccurate assumptions about system design and log data,” they added.

But this isn’t the first time for the brand. Over the years, they have received so many grievances over the alleged “sudden unintended acceleration” of their cars. NHTSA has also reassured the general public that they have collected all of the crash data and videos from the cars’ black box event data recorders and even from the car company itself. While the 246 cases were reported, the agency did not go into detail as to how many of the cases it had collected data for but it is said that the issue affected about some 662,000 vehicles across Tesla’s lineup.

Tesla has also denied the claims in a blog post, saying that there was no merit to the idea. “We investigate every single incident where the driver alleges to us that their vehicle accelerated contrary to their input, and in every case where we had the vehicle’s data, we confirmed that the car operated as designed,” the company wrote.