Some reported sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) events in Tesla vehicles were due to the users making mistake behind the wheel, not Tesla making a faulty product, according to a fresh report from the government’s oversight agency for this matter.
Tesla responded to reports of sudden unintended acceleration involving its cars in a blog post January 20.
First of all, I’ll say that I think we f***ed up by publishing an article on this topic that lacked important context and included misleading framing. I think that stemmed from trusting the reporting of a couple of normally good and thorough publications, and also from not digging deeply enough into the story independently.
A petition has been filed with NHTSA asking every Tesla sold in the US since 2013 be recalled due to the possibility it could accelerate suddenly, leading to a serious accident. Readers should be aware that NHTSA has taken no action on the petition yet. We do not know who filed the petition or if there is an agenda behind it.
