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Tesla Cybertruck Deliveries Halted To Fix an Accelerator Problem That Can Lead to a Crash
Tesla Cybertruck Deliveries Halted To Fix an Accelerator Problem That Can Lead to a Crash

15 Apr 2024, 09:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla halted deliveries of the Cybertruck after an accelerator pedal design problem is believed to have caused several crashes already

 
Tesla Hacker Questions NHTSA Petition Claiming SUA Is Caused by a Faulty Inverter Design
Tesla Hacker Questions NHTSA Petition Claiming SUA Is Caused by a Faulty Inverter Design

6 Jul 2023, 16:43 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla hacker Jason Hughes questioned the findings in the latest petition sent to the NHTSA, claiming Tesla SUA events are caused by a faulty inverter design

 
What Everybody Missed About the Tesla Files Is That the U.S. Remains Carmaker's Main Stage
What Everybody Missed About the Tesla Files Is That the U.S. Remains Carmaker's Main Stage

30 May 2023, 13:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / You can check it for yourself: if you own a Tesla or worked for the company at any point, just use Handelblatt's online database to see if your data is there

 
Tesla Files: Huge Data Leak Shows Issues with Data Protection, SUA, Autopilot, and FSD
Tesla Files: Huge Data Leak Shows Issues with Data Protection, SUA, Autopilot, and FSD

26 May 2023, 08:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Handelsblatt dedicated six months of work and a team of twelve of its best reporters to bravely reveal how badly Tesla deals with data.

 
Driver of Tesla Model Y Who Drove Off a Cliff Blames EV for Crash
Driver of Tesla Model Y Who Drove Off a Cliff Blames EV for Crash

22 May 2023, 18:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / His wife said he did that on purpose and that he said he would do so. However, she now does not want him to be charged with attempted murder.

 
Tesla Cleared in Another Suspected Case of 'Sudden Unintended Acceleration'
Tesla Cleared in Another Suspected Case of 'Sudden Unintended Acceleration'

22 May 2023, 13:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The investigation into an alleged sudden unintended acceleration event at the West Vancouver ferry terminal in January revealed it was caused by driver error

 
New Alleged SUA Case Involving a Tesla Model Y Taxi Cab Stems From Norway
New Alleged SUA Case Involving a Tesla Model Y Taxi Cab Stems From Norway

15 May 2023, 19:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The taxi driver was taken to the Haukeland hospital and was going to have his blood tested, but he blamed the car for the wreck.

 
Tesla Dismisses Chinese Investigation on SUA Cases By Recalling 1,104,622 BEVs
Tesla Dismisses Chinese Investigation on SUA Cases By Recalling 1,104,622 BEVs

12 May 2023, 10:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It includes all vehicles sold in the country since January 12, 2019: they do not allow the driver to select an "energy regenerative braking strategy"

 
Engineer Who Asked NHTSA to Recall All Teslas Explains the Issue Everybody Missed
Engineer Who Asked NHTSA to Recall All Teslas Explains the Issue Everybody Missed

20 Apr 2023, 15:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Costas Lakafossis told autoevolution when the subject caught his attention and why he asked for BTSI to be implemented in Tesla vehicles.

 
Greek Accident Investigator Petitions NHTSA To Recall All Tesla Vehicles Sold After 2013
Greek Accident Investigator Petitions NHTSA To Recall All Tesla Vehicles Sold After 2013

17 Apr 2023, 06:32 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Greek accident investigator wants the NHTSA to recall all Tesla vehicles produced after 2013 because of a design fault that facilitates driver errors

 
Sudden Unintended Acceleration in a Tesla Is a Myth, Unless It Happens to You
Sudden Unintended Acceleration in a Tesla Is a Myth, Unless It Happens to You

20 Feb 2023, 17:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / One Tesla owner shared his near-crash experience after his Tesla suddenly accelerated in a parking garage, showing this could happen to anyone

 
A Tesla Model Y Is Under Investigation Following a Shocking Crash in California
A Tesla Model Y Is Under Investigation Following a Shocking Crash in California

29 Jan 2023, 11:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dharmesh Arvind Patel was arrested after his Tesla Model Y plunged off a cliff in California, but prosecutors are now checking for defects in the EV

 
Tesla Model 3 "Suddenly Accelerates" Into a BC Ferries Ramp in Vancouver, Gets Destroyed
Tesla Model 3 "Suddenly Accelerates" Into a BC Ferries Ramp in Vancouver, Gets Destroyed

17 Jan 2023, 11:05 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Tesla Model 3 was totaled, and its passengers were taken to a hospital after a sudden unintended acceleration event in West Vancouver, British Columbia

 
Tesla Model 3 Crashes Inside Parking Garage, Generates Dramatic Appeal Against EV Maker
Tesla Model 3 Crashes Inside Parking Garage, Generates Dramatic Appeal Against EV Maker

31 Dec 2022, 19:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The woman who reported that on Twitter urged her followers never to get in a Tesla for as long as they live after it accelerated on its own.

 
Tesla's "Brake Failure" Saga Takes a Funny Turn in China, Seems Like Karma Loves Irony
Tesla's "Brake Failure" Saga Takes a Funny Turn in China, Seems Like Karma Loves Irony

22 Nov 2022, 09:28 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A mundane car accident in China revealed the funny part of Tesla’s “brake failure” saga that ballooned to gargantuan proportions in the past year

 
What Made a Tesla Model Y Speed Up For 2.6 Km Until Killing Two People in China?
What Made a Tesla Model Y Speed Up For 2.6 Km Until Killing Two People in China?

14 Nov 2022, 17:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The crash is under heavy public scrutiny. Although Tesla said the brakes were never pressed, pictures contradict the company.

 
EV vs ICE Battle Taken to the Next Level in One Expensive Porsche Crash
EV vs ICE Battle Taken to the Next Level in One Expensive Porsche Crash

23 Aug 2022, 08:20 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo rear-ended a parked Porsche Macan, and both cars went through a wall in Madrid in what must’ve been a costly crash

 
Autopilot Prevents 40 Crashes per Day Where Drivers Mistakenly Press the Accelerator
Autopilot Prevents 40 Crashes per Day Where Drivers Mistakenly Press the Accelerator

22 Aug 2022, 09:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s Autopilot software director Ashok Elluswamy says Autopilot prevents around 40 crashes per day where drivers press the accelerator instead of the brakes

 
NIO Sedan Falls Off a Building: Chinese Automaker Promises to Reveal What Happened
NIO Sedan Falls Off a Building: Chinese Automaker Promises to Reveal What Happened

23 Jun 2022, 10:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is not yet clear if it was an ET7 or an ET5 prototype that fell from the 5th floor of NIO’s headquarters in Shanghai. One passerby was reportedly killed

 
Revel’s Tesla Model 3 Crash in New York Reminds Us of Taxi Driver Paris Crash
Revel’s Tesla Model 3 Crash in New York Reminds Us of Taxi Driver Paris Crash

25 May 2022, 12:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A surveillance video shows the car seemed to be out of control when it crashed a UPS truck in front of Macy’s in Manhattan