Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)

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In case you thought cars would become safer as technology developed... rest assured, Tesla is finding newer and ever-dumber ways to make their cars dangerous to occupants (and others).

TL;DR: If you're in a Tesla and it loses power (like in a fire), the only way to open the doors is often an unlabeled wire behind either two panels or a speaker grill. Tesla owners are DIYing janky rip cords to make that wire easier to pull to escape.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

What retard thought the best engineering decision was to make a power door? Shouldnt be allowed to make any decisions?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

I get the feeling the decision-maker went on to buy Twitter. Just guessing, but it's got his fucking imbecilic energy to it

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

There's nothing wrong with a power door if it also has an easily accessible physical handle as a backup.

The fact that the hard to find physical release on a tesla is likely to damage the doors is like a one two punch of shitty design.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Also retracting door handles that freeze in the closed position so you can't get in in the winter.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2025

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So dumb that you couldn't even have imagine it.

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