Reading the BBC report, it appears that it was an electrical fault meaning that the car couldn't brake, which is somewhat different to a brake failure.
Having never driven a modern electrical vehicle - I had the misfortune to drive an electric milk float that we (a local Round Table) were gifted by Express Dairies to convert in to a Santa float - and with that, when you took our foot off the loud pedal, it would come to a stop after it's inertia had dissipated. I would have thought that something similar would have happened with this I-Pace.
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