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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.
Are the passengers also expected to read the manuals and watch the videos before getting a ride?
I’m not defending the design or placement, just pointing out it’s there and that the driver should know what’s in their car.
And IMO, it’s on them to inform passengers.
As I’ve said with others here multiple times, I think the larger issue you’re touching on is valid, but also not exclusively a Tesla issue. Every manufacturer has a different way of invoking an emergency manual door release in recent cars, EV and ICE. Maybe that should be standardized across the board?
I agree with you that it's not just tesla. I do also think we already have a standardised method of opening doors, and they should stick with it
Not arguing that. Electronic door releases are nice but complicate things in an emergency.