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Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open (futurism.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This happened in Toronto on October 24th

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I heard Teslas are supposed to have manual release latches inside.

In any case, doors should always be manual anyway. This isn't the first time this happened and I'm surprised there isn't a regulation for this yet.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If we investigated car accidents like we did plane accidents we’d probably have banned them by now.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

We'd probably have high speed rail too instead of a vast expanse of highways

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They do have manual release latches, but if you have never used them they might be hard to find. Especially in the panic of a burning car.

Really vehicle electronic doors should operate the same way they (usually?) do in buildings - in case of power loss they default to unlatched.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent 36 points 1 week ago

Power loss isn't necessarily a good choice even in a traditional ICE car with a battery, let alone one with a bigass EV battery.

Because it makes it super easy to break into a car (pop the hood and unplug two connectors) AND very likely will remain charged throughout much of the fire.

No. The answer is you have fucking manual locks and door handles that don't require you to pry open a panel.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The article says that some Model Ys don't have a manual release on the rear doors. Can't imagine how that passes any country's safety standards.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (18 children)

"seemingly"

Ye, it seemed like it so we just decided we'd rather burn alive than to actually try opening the door.

News titles sometimes

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (22 children)

The Elon Musk-owned automaker has a troubling history of owners getting locked in their cars without power. Some of these cases may be down to user error, since most Teslas come with manual release levers.