After a sequence of accidents, some Tesla drivers are again once more claiming the automobiles are accelerating by themselves.

As normal, the issue seems to be behind the wheel.

As we acknowledged on the time, a number of claims of sudden unintended acceleration involving Tesla autos have been made public through the years. Probably the most publicized one concerned a South Korean movie star claiming his Mannequin X accelerated by itself into his storage.

Nonetheless, in each case, together with that one, Tesla claimed that the automobile’s log confirmed that it was a person mistake attributable to pedal misapplication, which means that the driving force pressed on the accelerator as a substitute of the brakes.

In a single case, Electrek was in a position to have Tesla’s log verified by a 3rd social gathering, and it supported the automaker’s claims that it confirmed the driving force pressed on the accelerator.

Finally, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) mentioned that it’s wanting into claims that Tesla autos have a defect resulting in “sudden unintended acceleration” after receiving a petition citing 127 claimed incidents.

Tesla issued a assertion claiming that there aren’t any defects in its autos leading to unintended acceleration and that the petition with NHTSA was began by a TSLA brief vendor.

In 2021, NHTSA concluded that no downside with Tesla autos is resulting in these incidents, and as a substitute, it believes that “pedal misapplication,” which means the driving force urgent the unsuitable pedal, is the reason for the accidents.

We thought that will lastly put these claims of “Tesla accelerating by themselves” to dying, however there’s been a resurgence over the past week following three publicized accidents coming to mild.

First off, a Tesla Mannequin Y taxi crashed in the course of city in Bergen, Norway, final week:

The driving force claimed that there was “one thing unsuitable with the automobile,” however there’s no proof that there was. He was charged with negligent driving.

The 2 different incidents occurred earlier this yr, however they’re coming to mild now for various causes. First off, a driver for the New York-based taxi service Revel claimed that the Mannequin Y he was driving accelerated by itself inflicting a crash in a car parking zone. Nobody was injured. The driving force, Akm Shamsuzzaman, is now suing Tesla over the accident.

The plaintiff’s lawyer claimed within the lawsuit:

“He had his foot on the brake. He put the automobile into drive, took his foot off the brake, after which the automobile jumped ahead.”

As now we have beforehand reported up to now, these pedal misapplication incidents most frequently occur in parking conditions the place drivers have to change between the accelerator and the brake pedals.

Lastly, a Tesla crashed on a ferry in Vancouver earlier this yr, and the driving force claimed the automobile had “abruptly accelerated.”

After just a few months of investigation, the police have now decided that the driving force prompted the crash:

“Following an evaluation of the car knowledge, the investigators decided the collision to be human-caused.”

The police have issued a ticket to the driving force for the crash, which they estimate prompted about $30,000 value of harm.