Tesla Inc said on Monday there was no unintended acceleration in its vehicles, a...
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- Tesla Inc said on Monday there was no unintended acceleration in its vehicles, as it responded to a petition to a U.S. safety regulator to investigate and recall around 500,000 of the company’s electric cars over the alleged defect. On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would review the petition and released a redacted version that said “Tesla vehicles experience unintended acceleration at rates far exceeding other cars on the roads.”
The petition urged the agency to recall all Tesla vehicles, the Model S, Model X and Model 3, produced beginning in 2013. It cited media reports of crashes attributed to unintended acceleration and complaints filed with NHTSA.Brian Sparks, who is currently shorting Tesla stock, according to CNBC, submitted the petiti"Over the past several years, we discussed with NHTSA the majority of the complaints alleged in the petition.
A spokesman for NHTSA on Monday declined to comment on Tesla’s statement. The agency said last week it “will carefully review the petition and relevant data.”Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; editing by Tom Brown and Bill Berkrot
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