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Four Dead In Fire As Tesla Doors Fail To Open After Crash (myelectricsparks.com)

submitted 5 days ago by remington to c/technology

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[–] Kissaki 42 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The title made it sound like a full lock-in. But one survived.

Harper grabbed a bar from his truck and handed it to another bystander, who managed to break the back window and pull the young woman to safety.

Tesla has faced criticism in the past for the design of its manual release levers, which are considered poorly designed and unintuitively placed.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tesla has faced criticism in the past for the design of its manual release levers, which are considered poorly designed and unintuitively placed

Calling it poorly designed is a massive understatement. The manual release is a wire that is hidden behind a hidden panel. A guy made a video showing how to do it and he struggled to do it despite having practiced a few times in advance. The chance of pulling it off while the car was on fire would be very, very low

[–] zhunk 2 points 4 days ago

I have a friend who won't put his kids in the back of his Tesla because of this.

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