UK drivers make claims of ‘incredibly scary’ malfunctions with electric cars

Oli Jones and Chloe Scott-Moncrieff with their Hyundai, in which Jones became trapped. Photograph: handout

An electric car owner has claimed her vehicle’s autopilot engaged without warning and accelerated to 65mph, zigzagged across the road and caused a serious crash, the Guardian can reveal.

The alleged incident involved a doctor, Ravpreet Kaur, who was travelling in Buckinghamshire with her son in the family’s £80,000 BMW iX. Her husband said they were lucky to escape unhurt.