EV Voice Command Glitch Turns Off Headlights, Causing Highway Crash—Design Flaw Sparks Outrage

Recently, a traffic accident caused by a voice command error has drawn widespread public attention. In the early hours of the morning, a man was driving his newly purchased all-electric vehicle—less than a year old—at high speed on a highway when he attempted to use a voice command to turn off the interior reading light. Instead, the system mistakenly turned off all lights, including the external headlights. With no streetlights on the highway, the cabin instantly plunged into darkness. The driver repeatedly tried but failed to reactivate the lights, ultimately crashing into the right-side guardrail. Netizens have expressed strong criticism, pointing out that the vehicle model in question allowed voice commands to disable all lights while in Drive (D) mode—a clear lack of basic safety logic. By contrast, vehicles from other brands typically reject such commands in Drive mode and prompt the driver to shift into Park (P) mode first. Public opinion widely holds that the car’s infotainment system suffers from an obvious design flaw and insufficient safety redundancy, making it the primary cause of the accident.