https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/07/jaguar-i-pace-alleged-malfunction-driver-fear-life-m62/
Nathan Owen, 31, was overtaking another vehicle on the motorway on Wednesday when his 2019 model apparently malfunctioned forcing him to lose control of the vehicle for around 35 minutes.
A major police operation was scrambled to bring the car to a stop with officers forced to close a stretch of the motorway and ram the vehicle after forming a protective convoy.
Mr Owen, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, told MailOnline that he feared for his life during the ordeal which he likened to the Grand Theft Auto video game.
He claimed the car also malfunctioned in December, reaching speeds of up to 120mph, but that Jaguar had assured him it was safe after checking the car.
@HebrideanHecate Looking at the original Mail story, even driving it into the back of the police car didn’t work: it only actually stopped when it decided it had run out of battery!
@Flick That's actually quite frightening, on a number of different levels.
@HebrideanHecate It is. Especially given it had happened before and Jaguar gave him the car back and said it was fine!
I remember that bloke in Glashow(?) who had something similar happen but at lower speed: there was lots of “oh, that’s the trouble with cheap Chinese EVs”, can’t really use that excuse here.
@Flick @HebrideanHecate Also, they're not cheap! BYD EVs are plenty $$$
