Irvine man claims in suit that his Tesla unexpectedly accelerated

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I live on the street where this occurred. I thought it was a home invasion robbery initially because there were 6 IPD squad cars, 2 ambulances & 1 fire truck. Then I walk over to see what the commotion was & saw that the Tesla X crashed through the wall. I kept thinking why the heck do they need 6 squad cars for bad driving skills?! Sheesh! At least I know if there ever is a severe crime occurring in the neighborhood,  I'll have a ton of squad cars at my house in no time!
 
Wasn't the other incident like this that happened in Northwood Town Center deemed driver error?

The article also says that Tesla blackbox determined it was "driver pressing on accelerator 100%".
 
BangBros said:
so where is this? What street.
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Happened in the Amelia tract. The driver isn't Chinese, he's Korean. Apparently he's a celebrity in his home country. Since this will be a class action lawsuit, Son get some cash out of it, since corporations typically settle.
 
Given the amount of data these vehicles sop up, it's doubtful  (to me) that this lawsuit will bend in favor of the driver.  All that real time retained info is like kryptonite to class action lawyers.

SGIP
 
I agree with SGIP. In addition, Tesla would rather spend money protecting their brand reputation rather than settle something like this.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Wasn't the other incident like this that happened in Northwood Town Center deemed driver error?

The article also says that Tesla blackbox determined it was "driver pressing on accelerator 100%".
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I am kind of skeptical about the driver pressing on accelerator 100%.  Who in the correct mind will press 100% on the accelerator with their two sons in the car with wall infront?  If this was intentional to make quick $ or by mistake, I am assuming it would be pressed <100% so your family won't die from it.  100% means, it was likely a computer glitch.  Also, how do you determine if it was the software that pressed the accelerator vs. human foot that pressed it?  I don't think the software log recognizes the difference other than the accelerator was initiated. 

Also, the sudden acceleration complaint rate for Tesla X is about 10x that of Toyota incident where they settled for $1.2 billion.  Why such a significant exponential rate than other cars?  Hmm..  I am waiting for my Tesla III and I might wait until the dust settles. 
 
Electric car acceleration is sudden and does not have an accompanying engine rev. If you're confused as to which pedal your foot is on, my guess is that it's very easy to think you've pushed the brake to 100 percent and not the other pedal.
 
Soylent Green Is People said:
Electric car acceleration is sudden and does not have an accompanying engine rev. If you're confused as to which pedal your foot is on, my guess is that it's very easy to think you've pushed the brake to 100 percent and not the other pedal.
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Yep.

New technology adaption is really the culprit here.
 
Good point SGIP, I've never driven an electric car.  So I can see pedal confusion if someone is transitioning from a gas to electric engine and presses the wrong pedal mistaking for the brake since an electric car engine would not give the typical feedback you would get.  The 100% number means the driver is trying to slam on the 'brakes'.
 
With kids in the car it's not out of the realm of possibility that he was leaning or reaching into the back seat and his foot accidentally pressed all the way down on the gas.

I did this before in a parking lot as I was reaching into the back seat to grab something for my kid on the floor.  Luckily the car was in park but the engine rev'd quite loudly, freaked me out and made me thankful I wasn't in D or R. 
 
"Both Son and his son were injured".  :P

In these incidents, the accelerator is always pressed 100% due to the driver mistaking the accelerator for the brake pedal.  There is actually a feedback mechanism implemented that ensures that the logging of the mechanical movement of the pedals is correct and not a "SW glitch".
 
IrvineOH02 said:
I am kind of skeptical about the driver pressing on accelerator 100%.  Who in the correct mind will press 100% on the accelerator with their two sons in the car with wall infront?  If this was intentional to make quick $ or by mistake, I am assuming it would be pressed <100% so your family won't die from it.  100% means, it was likely a computer glitch.  Also, how do you determine if it was the software that pressed the accelerator vs. human foot that pressed it?  I don't think the software log recognizes the difference other than the accelerator was initiated. 

Also, the sudden acceleration complaint rate for Tesla X is about 10x that of Toyota incident where they settled for $1.2 billion.  Why such a significant exponential rate than other cars?  Hmm..  I am waiting for my Tesla III and I might wait until the dust settles.
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Have a relative that had to testify in these types of lawsuits. When a vehicle isn't stopping and a human thinks their foot is on the brake pedal, they press harder and harder instead of switching pedals.
 
BangBros said:
Remember, the Students who proved the VW emissions scandal were able to completely duplicate the cheating scenario over and over consistently.  So unless someone can consistently prove and demonstrate the unintended acceleration repeatedly , then Tesla will never admit fault. 
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Emissions discrepancies vs faulty acceleration are apples and oranges.

One can cost money, the other can cost lives, it wouldn't be smart to cover the latter up.
 
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