>That is easy to accommodate as you can design the electronics such that when there is no power they cause maximum braking force and dump energy into the braking resistors
This is still uncontrollable failure. What if the car is in the third lane doing enough speed and there's some cars behind? I assume no ABS, because ABS can't work with locked up brakes. This means no steering, just skidding whatever way.
Having no power would be hard as the brake system can easily generate power to operate itself if the vehicle is moving (and if its not moving that is what the parking brake is for). This is more of a scenario that occurs when there is a catastrophic failure in the braking system, such as the motor control electronics getting damaged.
This is still uncontrollable failure. What if the car is in the third lane doing enough speed and there's some cars behind? I assume no ABS, because ABS can't work with locked up brakes. This means no steering, just skidding whatever way.