This could be the start of a bad horror movie plot. “On Halloween night, his electric car breaks down in the middle of a roundabout.“The mishap is, however, very real. It happened to Aziz, a motorist from Pertuis.
A beneficiary of government “social leasing”, Aziz took delivery of an electric Citroën ë-C3 at the end of October. So far, so good. The driver covers several hundred kilometers behind the wheel of the city car. But, Thursday October 31, shortly after 5 p.m., the C3 suffered a breakdown. Despite its 53% remaining autonomy, the white car stops suddenly, entering a roundabout on Avenue de Verdun.
“She stalled after entering the roundaboutrelates its owner, who sends several photos of the car stopped in the middle of traffic. It was impossible to restart.“
“I did the traffic until assistance arrived”
The motorist claims that “the dashboard turned off“. “Then the gear selector stopped responding. It was impossible to shift into gear D.“As the Citroën ë-C3 is equipped with an automatic gearbox, “D” mode is the one that allows you to move forward. Distraught, he decides to leave the hood open, in order to report the breakdown to other road users “I was planning to disconnect the 12V battery, but I didn't have a tool“, he adds.
