It was famously a problem for Audi in the 1980’s and almost destroyed the brand. I thought everyone had heard of that. But it is one of the most common if not

It was famously a problem for Audi in the 1980’s and almost destroyed the brand. I thought everyone had heard of that. But it is one of the most common if not the most common cause of unintended acceleration in any car. I’ve even had it happen to me one time. The typical scenario is that you’re traveling at low (“creep”) speed with your foot on (but not pressing) the gas pedal. You think your foot is on the brake, so you push to slow down… whoops you’re starting to accelerate. The probable reason that it happens more often with Teslas is that they have less lag between pressing the accelerator and getting juice. So by the time you realize you messed up, you’re already going fast. In most gas cars, firmly pressing the accelerator results in milquetoast acceleration and a lot of noise for a second while the transmission downshifts and the engine revs up. In an EV, you just… go.