PARIS, FRANCE — A major French taxi company suspended its fleet of Tesla Model 3 cars after one of these mysteriously accelerated and hit multiple pedestrians in Paris, killing one. Here are the details: <br /> <br /> <br />Reuters reports that Paris’ biggest taxi company, called G7, has suspended its fleet of 37 Tesla Model 3 cars after a fatal accident that the driver blamed on the car malfunctioning. <br /> <br /> <br />The accident happened when an off-duty taxi driver took his family to a restaurant on the evening of Saturday, December 11. <br /> <br /> <br />According to initial reports, the car started accelerating when the driver tried to brake by pressing his foot on the brake pedal. <br /> <br /> <br />The car then careened down the road, hitting multiple pedestrians, some pavement fittings and a traffic light, before crashing into a van. <br /> <br /> <br />One person was killed and 20 people were injured, some seriously. In the U.S., there have been reports of more than 200 incidents involving Teslas unexpectedly accelerating and crashing. <br /> <br /> <br />The federal car safety agency concluded in January that the incidents were the fault of drivers confusing their brake and accelerator pedals, and were not due to vehicle defects. <br /> <br /> <br />G7 said in a statement that it suspended the Model 3 cars as a precaution while the French police investigation is being conducted. <br /> <br /> <br />Tesla collects detailed data from the sensors and cameras on its vehicles and has used such data in the past to challenge claims that accidents were caused by malfunctioning technology. <br /> <br /> <br />The car maker said it remotely accessed this data on the accident car and found no problem with the car. <br /> <br /> <br />
