UK Police forced to ram out of control electric car
A runaway electric car in England had to be boxed in between police cars after an electrical fault left the driver unable to brake on a motorway.
The driver of the Jaguar I-Pace had been travelling on the M58 at about 14:15 GMT on Wednesday before calling police to plead for help.Officers were able to escort the car on to the M57 and then the M62.
It was finally halted 25 minutes later between Junction 11 for Birchwood and 12 for Eccles, police said.
A police spokesman said officers “worked together to stop all other traffic” and before bringing the car to a halt at about 14:40 GMT. No one was injured.
Jaguar Land Rover said the company was investigating as a matter of “urgency”.
A spokeswoman said: “A full review is underway to determine the cause of this incident, which is still yet to be established.
“The safety of our clients and vehicles is JLR’s highest priority.”
More at www.bbc.co.uk
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sunsettommy
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Must have been an electrifying experience!
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Howdy
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Lucky the vehicle wasn’t moving at brake-neck speed and the police were able to arrest the forward motion.
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aaron
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“The safety of our clients and vehicles is JLR’s highest priority.”
Anyone naive enough to believe this?
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Joe
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So, no car has ever had a stuck throttle????
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Howdy
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It was the brakes, Joe, not a runaway.
While it’s an isolated incident with this vehicle, It’s another in the growing number of problems with technology that is touted as the future.
I know of no late model vehicle that took off on it’s own, or had the brakes completely fail without warning. Actually, I never heard of any vehicle that has at all other than the electrics.
Partial brake loss due to corrosion, or lack of maintenance, granted, but that’s a completely different area.
The manual handbrake, even an emergency one, should still be retained as a fail-safe. It would have prevented this.
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Howdy
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It appears the incident isn’t that isolated:
“Several owners have reported terrifying experiences with the luxury £80,000 model in Britain which has seen them crash into houses or drive off car parks.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13168113/ev-electric-car-jaguar-ipace-crash-brake-battery.html
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Dave
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EVs, Unsafe at any Speed!🔥🔥🔥
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