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'I was kidnapped by my runaway electric car' (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by GreatAlbatross to c/evs

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I'm very surprised that there isn't legislation requiring a way to stop the car if it does run away. (Although it's quite possible that's what the police used once they got in the car, and the user missed it in the panic)

Kinda like how you should know how to stall engine runaway on a diesel.

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[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was just a clickbait piece by the BBC. “Kidnapped by EV” gets clicks, “car malfunction brought to an end safely by police” gets no clicks.

Either the driver was not using the brake pedal and was expecting regenerative braking to stop him, or there was a serious malfunction of multiple mechanical and electrical systems, which could also happen on a non EV with the same result.

[–] GreatAlbatross 4 points 1 year ago

I nearly changed the title, honestly. It's a bit "catch the bastard who shat down my chimney".