Rear-end collision
Nightmare came true: The electric car suddenly switched off in the middle of the cantonal road in Lengnau – there is a suspicion
The electric car of a 58-year-old driver suddenly switches off in the middle of Surbtalstrasse and stops. A driver behind does not see the electric car and collides with it. There was extensive damage to the vehicles and no one was injured. Now the question arises as to who is responsible for this.
On Saturday night, the black Kia simply switched off on the cross-country route near Lengnau.
Image: Canton Police AG
It’s a horror idea: your own electric car suddenly switches off while you’re driving. This is exactly what happened to a 58-year-old driver last Saturday night on the out-of-town route from Ehrendingen towards Endingen. At around 9.30 p.m. near Lengnau, her electric car simply stood still on the dark road. The light went out. When a 64-year-old driver, who had been hit from behind, recognized the unlit car, it was too late. There was a bang and a collision occurred. No one was injured in the accident. But the property damage is high, as the cantonal police announced.
How can something like this happen? “We have never experienced a car simply stopping while driving,” says media spokesman Pascal Wenzel, speaking of an isolated case. While the cantonal police’s accident department is investigating the case, there is an indication that the manufacturer could be to blame. The vehicle involved in the accident was a car from the Kia brand, which belongs to the Hyundai Group.
-And this Korean manufacturer recalled more than 200,000 cars last year because of possible technical defects. In addition to four models from the Hyundai brand, one model from the Kia brand was also affected by the recall campaigns in spring and autumn: the Kia EV6, manufactured between 2022 and 2024.
The car manufacturer identified the problem as a transistor in a car’s charging control unit being damaged, causing the 12-volt battery to no longer charge. It is not certain whether this was also the case with the vehicle involved in the accident in Lengnau.
Apart from the accident with the stalled Kia in Aargau, the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) is not aware of any other such cases. And who is responsible in such a case? If it was a model-specific problem, the TCS said, the manufacturer would share responsibility. The insurance company has to make the final decision.
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