Electric vehicles may be safer for the environment, but owners say they harm their health.
There are increasing reports of electric car drivers suffering from dizziness, motion sickness and nausea due to the vehicles’ braking and acceleration systems.
And a former Tesla owner claimed she experienced nosebleeds, hair loss and “debilitating” body aches while using the vehicle she purchased in 2021.
While she wasn’t entirely sure the Tesla was to blame, the Georgia resident said her symptoms went away after she sold the car.
Tesla owners have had to upgrade some models because the air conditioning systems were prone to mold, which can cause asthma-like symptoms.
Tesla has been accused of being the “worst offender” for causing motion sickness because its single-pedal accelerator produces a jerking motion when pressed down or lifted that can cause people to experience nausea and dizziness.
Tesla has been accused of being the “worst offender” for causing motion sickness with its one-pedal accelerator because they can be “very sharp and really jerky,” said Ed Kim, president and chief analyst at AutoPacific. ABC News.
Electric vehicle pedals mimic a brake pedal by allowing the vehicle to slow or stop by simply lifting your foot off the pedal, eliminating the need to switch between the brake and accelerator as you would in a gasoline car.
This means there is less wear and tear on the brake system, but it also means the car will lurch forward or backward depending on how quickly you press or lift your foot off the accelerator, which drivers wouldn’t experience in a gas-powered vehicle.
“Some passengers may experience uncomfortable pitching back and forth if the driver activates and deactivates the accelerator too quickly or too much, and that can absolutely cause motion sickness in passengers,” Kim told DailyMail.com.
“You have to be very careful when applying the accelerator… otherwise it can cause a sudden rocking motion for passengers.”
However, motion sickness is only part of EV drivers’ concerns, according to a holistic health and wellness influencer. @livingwellwithellewho said he bought an electric vehicle to save money on gas prices, but the payoff wasn’t worth it.
A former Tesla owner claimed she experienced nosebleeds, hair loss and “debilitating” body aches after two hours of driving in the vehicle.
HTMA (hair tissue mineral analysis) practitioner Susan Cachay said electric vehicle batteries emit harmful metals, such as cobalt, nickel and manganese, that can make you sick.
He reported that after purchasing a Tesla in 2021, he began experiencing fatigue after driving his vehicle and complained that his symptoms were getting worse over time.
“I would come home from shopping and need to lie in bed for 20 minutes before I could unload the car,” she said on Instagram. mail.
Livingwellwithelle said she and her husband spent hours in the car and both experienced the same symptoms, but it wasn’t until she went on road trips in her mother’s gas-powered vehicle and experienced no symptoms that she realized something was wrong. .
The symptoms increased until he started getting nosebleeds and nausea toward the end of long car trips and said he started losing his hair in the last few months of owning the car.
She added the disclaimer: ‘Am I sure the car caused these symptoms? I’m not 100 percent sure of anything.
‘It is probable? Our symptoms disappeared after selling it 5 months ago.’
There is no research to support claims that electric vehicles cause nosebleeds, hair loss or extreme fatigue, and Debra Holtz, spokesperson for the Clean Transportation Programme, told DailyMail.com: ‘Our transportation experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists are not aware of any disease. caused by electric vehicles.’
Some people have reported problems with Tesla’s air conditioning system, saying it develops mold that can make you sick.
Livingwithelle claimed she experienced shoulder and neck pain, and said she thought the headrest was to blame because it forces the neck into a forward posture and curves the upper back.
Her post had over 130 responses and one woman shared: ‘Something similar happened to my sister and brother-in-law. They sent the car in for repairs and it ended up with mold all over it.
One mother commented: ‘I had a model Y for 3 years and I had bad headaches, body aches, I was tired all the time and most of all I just didn’t feel well. My children had the same symptoms. When I share my experiences with others they don’t believe me, I’m glad I’m not the only crazy one hahaha.’
However, some other users noted that because it is plant-based, their diet may have caused the problems.
Other Tesla owners have reported problems with the Tesla air conditioning system, saying it develops mold, which causes asthma symptoms, because it doesn’t dry, and some complain that their cars arrived with a bad smell.
‘My Model Y has a horrible smell coming from the HVAC system every time it rains. Horrible smell for days,” one person commented on Livingwithelle’s post.
“They had it repaired and kept blaming the cabin filter, which was clean, almost new,” they added, while others confirmed that they had experienced the same problem.
Other Tesla drivers have claimed that their car had mold in the heating and ventilation that filled the cabin with the smell of mold spores.
“I paid $119,000 for this car 2 years ago, but I didn’t know that my family and I would be injected with mold spores into our lungs,” said one owner. wrote on Reddit.
Although inhaling mold spores may initially trigger an asthma reaction, prolonged exposure can cause nosebleeds, blurred vision, and headaches, among other symptoms.
Electric vehicles are still considered the best alternative to gasoline vehicles, despite the potential risks, due to their positive effects on carbon emissions.
Meanwhile, the Union of Concerned Scientists is “very familiar with the adverse health impacts of gasoline-powered vehicles,” Holtz said.
Emissions from gas vehicles expose people to toxins such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde that can cause neurological, cardiovascular and reproductive problems.
DailyMail.com has contacted Tesla and the National Highway Traffic Administration for comment.