SAN JOSE — Parents of a man who died in a single-vehicle car crash sued Tesla Motors, claiming the Model S Tesla accelerated uncontrollably, smashed into a wall, and “the vehicle’s lithium-ion batteries burst into an uncontrollable and fatal fire,” in Santa Clara County Court, Calif.
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