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

submitted 1 week ago by remington@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 43 points 1 week ago (2 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 25 points 1 week 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@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

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

[–] papertowels@lemmy.one 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Idk what the exact definition of a full lock in is, but if you have to break a window to get someone out I'd think it still qualifies since the locks were all engaged.