EV owners say their cars are making them SICK - as driver claims her Tesla ... trends now
EVs may be safer for the environment but owners claim the vehicles are causing harm to their health.
There are growing reports of electric car drivers suffering motion sickness, dizziness and nausea from the vehicles' braking and acceleration systems.
And a former Tesla owner has claimed that she experienced nosebleeds, hair loss and 'debilitating' body pains while using the vehicle she purchased in 2021.
While she was not entirely sure the Tesla was at fault, the Georgia resident and said her symptoms disappeared after selling the car.
Tesla owners have had to trade in 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 one-pedal throttle gives a jumpy motion when pressing down or lifting up that can make people experience nausea and dizziness
Tesla has been accused of being the 'worst offender' for causing motion sickness from its one-pedal throttle because they can be 'very jerky and really abrupt,' Ed Kim, president and chief analyst of AutoPacific told ABC News.
EV pedals mimic a brake pedal by allowing the vehicle to slow down or stop just by lifting your foot off the pedal, removing the need to switch between the brake and throttle like you would in a gas-powered car.
This means that there's less wear and tear on the braking system, but also means the car will jolt forward or backward depending on how quickly you press down or lift your foot off the accelerator, which drivers wouldn't experience in a gas vehicle.
'Some passengers may experience uncomfortable pitching back and forth if the driver engages and disengages the throttle too quickly or too much, and that can absolutely lead to motion sickness for passengers,' Kim told DailyMail.com.
'You have to be so careful on how to apply the throttle... if not, it can lead to an abrupt seesaw motion for passengers.'
Yet, motion sickness is only one part of EV driver's worries, according to a holistic health and wellness influencer @livingwellwithelle, who said she bought an EV to save money on gas prices but the payoff wasn't worth it.
A former Tesla owner has claimed that she experienced nosebleeds, hair loss and 'debilitating' body pains after two hours of traveling in the vehicle
Susan Cachay, an HTMA (hair tissue mineral analysis) practitioner said EV batteries emit harmful metals - like cobalt, nickel and manganese - that can make you sick
She reported that after buying a Tesla in 2021, she started experiencing fatigue after driving her vehicle and complained the symptoms got worse over time.
'I would come home from grocery shopping and need to lay down in bed for 20 minutes before I could even unload the car,' she said in an Instagram post.
Livingwellwithelle said she and her husband spent hours in the car and
