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Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash (www.mirror.co.uk)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/660354

The only survivor of the October 24 fire was a woman in her 20s who was able to get to safety after a quick thinking passer-by smashed a window of the burning Model Y car to free her

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (21 children)

Not having mechanical door releases for emergencies like this just seems so friggin dumb, but what do I know.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (20 children)

They do. Each front door a manual lever and each rear door has a manual release pull tab.

A dumber idea would be driving around a car without knowing how it works. The article doesn’t even mention them until the last paragraph, and poorly.

The emergency releases are covered in the manual as well as official tutorial videos and countless YouTube how-tos. The front door lever is exactly where you think it is. You have to literally do zero research about the car you’re buying to not know about them.

EDIT: not sure why this touched a nerve. Every recent car model has their own way of invoking an emergency manual door release, EV or ICE. This is a new car problem, not just a Tesla problem. Simply pointing out the fact that it’s there.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Omg that’s so dumb. I don’t have one so wasn’t aware there were some models without. How tf is that legal

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