A Guinness record is being issued for the least safe car design in history.

The Villager was backing her 2024 Tesla into her garage in the Village of Fernandina at about 2 p.m. Tuesday when she gauged it was too far back and decided to pull it forward, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. When she placed her foot on the accelerator, the electric vehicle rapidly powered forward and kept going until it crashed into a home in the 1400 block of Alesio Street. […] The new Teslas brag a powerful 510 horsepower engine, up from 455 horsepower. It has been reported that the new Teslas can [crash] in just 2.9 seconds.

At least, in this case, the driver walked away. Far too many news stories are about a dead new Tesla owner.