Toyota challenged a California driver's story of an out-of-control Prius at a press conference Monday afternoon.
Company executives detailed preliminary findings of a joint investigation conducted by Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into the incident.
Prius owner Jim Sikes made national headlines last week with claims that his car's accelerator got stuck as he sped up to pass a car while traveling on California's I-8 highway outside of San Diego, and that he was unable to stop the car.
"As I was going, I was trying the brakes ... and it just kept speeding up," he said.
Sikes story is at odds with the findings of the investigation, according to Toyota and to a draft congressional memo obtained by CNN
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