'I was kidnapped by my runaway electric car' -
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''After that, a police officer jumped into my car and did something which seemed to keep the car still."
The police could not move their car as the electric vehicle would keep moving, so they had to wait for the RAC to arrive.
So it is readily believable that partially depressing the brake pedal could be ineffective in the case of a severe electronic issue.
CWB1 said:...we can expect to continue to see issues as EVs flood onto first-world roadways from small third-world manufacturers.
IRstuff said:If the software is stuck in a do-loop of constant speed with no response to accelerator nor START button, why would you think it's going to respond to braking commands?
By keeping the braking mechanical system automobile manufactures can stay on the side of "fail-safe" regarding errant software. The military and aviation is a complete different beast. If you car stops due to a software but you are stuck at the side of the road, if you airplane stops due to a software bug you will stop, but only after a very hard landing!IRstuff said:This is why the military often overspends in software development, since "fail-safe" is often a mandatory requirement.
Yep they are everywhere here in Australia. Australia & NZ probably has some of the highest market penetration for MG cars. A brief google supports this.hokie66 said:That’s a Bosch system, but I doubt the Chinese use it in those MG’s which are flooding the market.