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New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds (www.wired.com)
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[–] 49 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Is this because the door handle is some complicated electronic mechanism rather than a latch? Gee who could have possibly predicted that would be a problem.

My neighbour has a Tesla and last year I had great fun watching her trying to defrost her car enough to get the door handle to even come out.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I have had to put quite a bit of force into a car door to get it to open on many an occasion. (Ice is a bitch) A normal door handle just works, stop trying to fix it!

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    I think it's mostly because of this: https://evseekers.com/why-do-tesla-windows-go-down-when-opening-door/ (Looks like AI slop but it does explain what I think it's needed for)

    Many modern car doors do not have a frame around the top of the window. So to not damage the window or seal in the door frame, they temporary lower it a bit using electricity. I'm sure Tesla would be incompetent enough to make it so there's no decent way to do it without this feature.

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