if the electrics pack up with the key in the ignition you cannot remove the key as again, the car must be in Park to remove the key.
So basically the car is stuck on the side of the road with the key in the ignition waiting for a thief with his own tow truck to take it and put a new battery in.
I remember parking an automatic car on a steep slope and couldn't get the key out as for some reason it thought it was not in park even when I pushed up on the gear lever to try make it was certainly as far into park as it could get. Ended up driving 3 miles and then walking back just trying to find a parking spot not on such a slope. I was tempted to park in the same spot facing downhill but the police in that area are very strict about not parking facing the wrong way and would very likely have booked me. Just another one of the reasons all my cars are manual and will be until I have to replace them with electric.
