Moment EV ‘takes on life of its own’ & SMASHES into wall & parked cars after brake failure leaving driver ‘traumatised’

AN ELECTRIC car took connected a beingness of its ain - smashing into a partition and parked cars aft the brake failed.

Helen Rees-Jones, 47, has been near “traumatised” aft her MG ZS EV went rogue and wreaked havoc successful a gym car park, smashing into 2 vehicles and leaving the bumper hanging off.

The ineligible idiosyncratic was near successful infirmary with rib injuries and vowed ne'er to acceptable ft successful an electrical centrifugal again aft the terrifying accident.

Shocking video footage shows her driving towards GAH Gym successful Pontypridd, Wales, earlier the car makes a abrupt close crook into the building.

Speaking to The Sun, mum-of-one Helen said: “I was driving astatine a sensible velocity and went to propulsion in.

“It conscionable changeable guardant with this power.

“I turned to the close to debar the partition I was pulling up to. I astir apt had my ft disconnected the accelerator.

“I went to deed the brake but determination was nothing.

“I was conscionable slamming my ft down but thing happened.

“There’s nary handbrake thing to halt me.

“The pedal didn’t spell down - it was conscionable a car retired of control.”

The car lone stopped erstwhile its electrical information strategy kicked successful aft the crash.

Shockingly neither the AEB braking strategy nor the airbags engaged during the terrifying incident.

Helen, who is from Pontypridd has been near suffering flashbacks of the traumatic ordeal.

She went on: “I was perfectly hysterical afterwards.

“It’s traumatised me. I support having flashbacks.

“I spell to that gym doubly a time to prime up my lad and present it gives maine unspeakable anxiousness each clip I thrust down that road.

“I inactive person dreams astir driving cars wherever I person nary control.

“I could person killed people.

“Imagine if idiosyncratic had walked retired astatine that moment.

“I’m fortunate to person travel retired alive.”

She was rushed to A&E with rib injuries caused by the seatbelt but has since made a afloat recovery.

The MG, lone released past year, is touted arsenic a family-friendly centrifugal and marketed towards aged and disabled drivers.

Helen had rented the centrifugal from Europcar for the past 9 months.

And she was horrified to observe that the rental steadfast is readying to enactment the car backmost connected the road.

Helen said: “They’ve told maine it’s inactive successful the store being repaired.

“I told them it needed to beryllium pulled isolated and scrutinised.

“I’ll ne'er measurement ft successful an electrical car again.

“They request to beryllium taken disconnected the road.

“It terrifies maine to deliberation different radical are driving them.

“That car is everyplace present - they’re 10 a penny connected the roads.”

And British Firm MG has refused to instrumentality liability for the smash.

“They’ve conscionable said it’s a ‘you problem.’

“They’ve called it immoderate benignant of mishap and told maine to study it.

“They said there’s nary mode their car could person malfunctioned.

“But there’s nary mode I’d thrust similar that.”