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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which... feels pretty dangerous, like that's the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You don't tend to write a rule stating "passengers must be able to easily escape the vehicle in an emergency" until some tech bro makes it hard.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thing is though, this happened with the Delorean back in the day, so it's not a new problem at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh did it? I hadn't known it had difficult to open doors. Was it by design or just something to do with the gullwings?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    It's far dumber than that. The door release was electric, and the alternator wasn't powerful enough to run everything on the vehicle. So, if you were driving at night, with your headlights, wipers, heater etc running, you'd be slowly running your battery down, until the voltage got too low to run the ignition, and the vehicle would shut off.

    And you'd be trapped in a dead vehicle on the side of the road, in the dark, with no lights.

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