One of the largest taxi companies in Paris suspended its fleet of Tesla Model 3 cars after a driver lost control in a fatal crash

One of the largest taxi companies in Paris suspended its fleet of Tesla Model 3 cars after a driver lost control in a fatal crash

Parisian taxi company G7, one of the largest in the city, has suspended its Tesla Model 3 fleet after a fatal accident involving one of the electric vehicles on Saturday. The accident killed one person at around 9 p.m. local time and injured 20 others, seven of whom were seriously injured, Another local media outlet, , reported that nine people were injured. The car hit at least three pedestrians, a traffic light, and smashed into a van, Figaro reported. G7's deputy chief executive, Yann Ricordel, said the driver was off-duty and was taking his family to a restaurant when the accident occurred, The taxi firm is suspending the use of its 37 Tesla Model 3s until the police complete their investigation, and Ricordel said all drivers affected by the suspension would be compensated, per Reuters. Jérôme Coumet, mayor of the 13 arrondissement — or local administrative district — in Paris, mentioned a "technical failure" in a tweet about the accident. "The first elements of the investigation indicated that the accelerator would have gotten stuck," he later But Ricordel told Reuters that an initial inquiry ruled out technical issues as the cause of the accident, contradicting Coumet's tweet. , Tesla also