Some interesting info on sudden acceleration in electronic systems;

http://www.autosafety.org/dr-ronald-a-belts-sudden-acceleration-papers/

Some Bosch info in there too looking familiar;

Torque management by Rick B, on Flickr

This is a really interesting find!

Thanks!

It seems like a load of crap. I've had all sorts of battery/alternator issues, and never once saw anything like sustained throttle body opening.

"The answer is that they didn’t do it by pressing on the accelerator pedal. Instead, Mother Nature found a way to make the engine speed increase while the driver’s foot was off the accelerator pedal and without producing any engine torque, so there was no need for the engine torque to overcome the load caused by the drive train.."  (Page 20)

Cool, acceleration with no torque.  

The upshot of his theory that the torque controller thinks that the idle controller still has control as a result of 0% pedal (however it ends up in that situation) and does nothing to intervene as a result doesn't seem far-fetched.  

Controllers entering the wrong mode for the circumstances is not an unusual thing at all:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Airlines_Flight_3054, or http://ccnr.org/fatal_dose.html  for a particularly chilling example.

Utter bullshit. There is no way for this to happen unless the pedal itself malfunctions and is sending a >0% signal.

"Mother Nature"?

Please.