Man 'kidnapped' by his runaway EV had to have police ram his car off the road

A Scottish man says he was ''kidnapped'' by his own runaway electric car - forcing him to dodge red lights and roundabouts and call police to ram it off the road. 

Brian Morrison, 53, says his new posh motor started driving itself - and he had to dial 999 from inside. 

He had been heading home from work on Sunday when he says his brand new electric car decided to take control - and the brakes wouldn't work. 

Becoming stuck at 30mph, Morrison says his MG ZS EV fully electric vehicle suffered a ''catastrophic malfunction''. 

He called police who were forced to forcibly stop the runaway car by allowing it to slowly crash into their police van. 

Even after forcing the car to a halt, Morrison says that the car tried to keep moving once police tried moving their vehicle. A roadside repair mechanic later said they had "never seen" anything like the incident. 

Morrison, from Glasgow, Scotland, said that he was "lucky" that the incident had taken place late at night at just after 10 pm BST. 

"I realised something was wrong when I was coming up to a roundabout, and went to slow down - but it didn't do it," he said. 

"Then I heard a loud grinding noise that sounded like brake pads - but because it was such a new car I knew it couldn't be a problem with them. 

"I managed to get around roundabout going at about 30mph, and then had a long road ahead of me, so I assumed it would stop without me accelerating - but it didn't.

"I have mobility issues, so I couldn't even jump out - I was completely trapped inside the car going at 30 mph [50 km/h]," he added. 

"It might not sound like it is very fast, but when you have no control over the speed and you're completely stuck inside it's terrifying". 

Morrison initially called his partner in a panic to ask