Tesla denies unintended acceleration claim, alleges the action was brought by a financial speculator

Electric car specialist Tesla has emphatically denied its vehicles are subject to “unintended acceleration”, claiming the petition tabled yesterday is “completely false” and was started by a financial speculator who would benefit if Tesla’s share price tanked. A prepared statement on Tesla’s blog overnight said: “There is no ‘unintended acceleration’ in Tesla vehicles. This petition is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller.”