Journalist’s Dodge Charger Daytona EV Unintentionally Accelerates

Some automotive journalists testing out the new Dodge Charger Daytona EV experienced it unintentionally accelerating firsthand. They’re far from the only ones to experience the scary phenomenon, with some owners allegedly crashing as a result of the car’s fault.

Chevy is about to redefine what a Corvette is.

Supposedly, the accelerator in the all-electric Dodge Charger Daytonas sticks, leading to it surging forward uncontrollably. No matter how hard the driver applies the brakes, the powerful EV just keeps accelerating.

But until now these accusations of unintentional acceleration have been made by relative nobodies. Considering there have been many cases of other vehicles from different brands supposedly accelerating on their own, only for investigations to find the problem was driver error, people have been a little skeptical about this story.

All that changed when Edmunds, which tests out vehicles all the time, said one of its journalists experienced the unintentional acceleration. The Dodge in question is a long term test car and the guy who was driving it had been using the EV for about a week before the incident.

In an article about the unintentional acceleration, the journalist says at first several warning indications flashed on the dash, then the electric car went into limp mode. Then instead of the regenerative braking starting once the guy took his foot off the accelerator, the car just kept accelerating.

Fortunately, the journalist who had his son along for the wild ride was able to use the brakes to bring the EV to a stop. But the car just wanted to accelerate on its own again. Pulling over, he shut it down, then rebooted the thing and like a phone, the problem was fixed.

With production of the Dodge Charger Daytona EV in limbo and its future very much uncertain, this story could prove to be another nail in the coffin of Mopar’s electric dreams.

Image via Stellantis