as it raced down motorway before police rammed it (and this isn't the FIRST time it's happened)
A driver who was trapped behind the wheel of an out-of-control Jaguar I-Pace has revealed to MailOnline how he cheated death as his car accelerated up to 100mph on the busy M62 motorway without brakes.
Nathan Owen, 31, was on his way back from his first day at a new job when his 2019 electric car started malfunctioning, sparking a huge police operation to bring his car to a stop after 35 minutes of hell.
But he told how his car had also gone rogue on the motorway in December, this time reaching up to 120mph. He claims Jaguar handed him his car back 24 hours after he had taken it in to be looked at.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline about his latest run-in, the crisis support worker admitted: 'In the back of my mind, I was thinking I'm going to end up crashing the car, I'm going to kill myself or I'm going to kill an innocent person on the roads.'
Mr Owen, originally from North Wales, added: 'The car was in its own world - it just had no brakes. The worst thing about it is that it's happened before.'
#1: Esso To: Horse, 4um (#0)
Electrifying the US truck fleet is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE | MGUY Australia [MATH!]
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Esso posted on 2024-03-07 09:22:52 Reply Private Reply
#2: Pinguinite To: Esso (#1)
Pinguinite posted on 2024-03-07 10:49:18 Reply Private Reply
#3: Esso To: Pinguinite (#2)
The grid won't be able to handle cars, let alone big rigs.
I know a few truckers. There's no fucking way they'd be willing to wait around to charge up their trucks. Hell, Rainman probably gets all pissy about having to take on a couple hundred gallons of Diesel. If they're not rolling, they're not getting paid.
The engine [Cat 3406e] in Rainman's rig, a longhorn Pete, was built before the arbitrary date when e-logs [electronic log books] were mandated, so he can fudge his hours to avoid mandatory rest times, etc. I think he said his rig, The Blue Jewel, has about 1.7 million miles on it. God knows I did a shitpot of work, mostly electrical, on it before my hands and back got too crippled up. Best I can muster now now is advising and being a chase driver to get him to or from truck shops.
In my experience, truckers are pretty simple, down-to-earth folks that just want to do their jobs. They don't appreciate government bullshit that fucks with their paychecks. Electric semis are an idiotic idea.
Esso posted on 2024-03-07 13:05:17 Reply Private Reply
#4: Dakmar To: Pinguinite, Esso (#2)
Dakmar posted on 2024-03-07 15:31:51 Reply Private Reply
#5: Esso To: Dakmar (#4)
What, me worry? - Joe Biden
(Edit) What? - Joe Biden
Esso posted on 2024-03-07 16:23:22 Reply Private Reply
#6: Esso To: Dakmar (#4)
Kimmy sent this today...
Esso posted on 2024-03-07 16:26:39 Reply Private Reply
#7: Pinguinite To: Dakmar (#4)
Good point. Or in a tunnel. I'm sure bad scenarios will be unexpected.
Pinguinite posted on 2024-03-07 17:51:07 Reply Private Reply
#8: Esso To: Pinguinite (#7)
Or the objective.
Is that a word?
Esso posted on 2024-03-07 17:57:24 Reply Private Reply
#9: ghostrider To: Dakmar (#4)
More so if the truck is hauling aluminum and magnesium scrap, or EV batteries headed for "proper" deposal.
ghostrider posted on 2024-03-07 21:14:04 Reply Private Reply
#10: Esso To: ghostrider, 4um (#9)
It'd be nice if the lithium could be recycled into the nutball leftists for treatment.
Esso posted on 2024-03-07 21:18:35 Reply Private Reply
#11: Esso To: All (#10)
Esso posted on 2024-03-07 21:22:26 Reply Private Reply