Toddler starts Tesla Model X and hits mother… who sues Tesla [Video]

A US mother is suing electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla after her toddler was allegedly able to start the family’s Model X SUV and run into her, breaking multiple bones and causing her to suffer a traumatic birth one week later.

Fox59 reports California resident Mallory Harcourt had returned home with her two-year-old son in December 2018, with the Tesla Model X parked in the driveway as she removed the toddler from the car.

Ms Harcourt soon realised she had left her keys to the house at her husband’s work but her son needed a nappy change, which she proceeded to prepare for in the garage.

However, with the Tesla Model X’s driver’s door still open, her son was allegedly able to crawl into the footwell and engage the brake, starting the EV.

He then allegedly unknowingly pulled down on its column shifter to select drive and accelerated into the garage.

Ms …