G7, a Paris-based taxi firm that operates one of many largest Tesla taxi fleets on this planet, introduced that it suspended all its Mannequin 3 taxis after a extreme deadly crash that occurred final weekend.
One of many firm’s drivers was driving the Mannequin 3 taxi as a private automobile on December 11 in Paris once they misplaced management, hit a bike owner, and ran over a number of pedestrians earlier than crashing right into a van.
The accident resulted in a single dying and injured 20 folks, placing three in essential situation.
After the crash, the Mannequin 3 driver, who wasn’t harm, claimed {that a} “technical situation” resulted within the automobile accelerating by itself.
At this time, the taxi firm G7 introduced that it suspended all its drivers who drive Tesla Mannequin 3 autos for concern of a difficulty.
The corporate commented (translated from French through Le Figaro):
“As a precautionary measure and in accordance with our procedures, G7 has determined to droop the 37 drivers affiliated to G7 geared up with the mannequin much like the automobile concerned, pending the investigation.”
G7 additionally operates a fleet of fifty Tesla Mannequin S autos, however these are going to stay in service.
Tesla France already commented, stating that there’s no indication {that a} technical defect was concerned on this accident.
Tesla sudden acceleration
Claims of sudden unintended acceleration in Tesla autos will not be new.
Final yr, we reported that the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) stated 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.
As we said on the time, a number of claims of sudden unintended acceleration involving Tesla autos have been made public through the years. Essentially the most publicized one concerned a South Korean superstar claiming his Mannequin X accelerated by itself into his storage.
Nevertheless, in each case, together with that one, Tesla claimed that the automotive’s log confirmed that it was a consumer mistake attributable to pedal misapplication, that means that the motive 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 celebration, and it supported the automaker’s claims that it confirmed the motive force pressed on the accelerator.
Following the NHTSA investigation, 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.
Tesla can be dealing with an identical investigation in China.
Earlier this yr, the NHTSA launched the outcomes from its investigations stating that Tesla incidents involving claims of ” autos accelerating by themselves” had been attributable to drivers utilizing the flawed pedal.
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