▲ 700 ▼ 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open | There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis. (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 8 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) And if you sit in the rear of a Model X good luck opening the doors even with a manual release permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago* Instructions: remove the speaker grille, locate and pull the mechanical release cable, and then manually push the (really fucking heavy) door open. Vertically. Someone designed that, patted themselves on the back, and thought "that'll work!" Then at least one other person reviewed that design and thought the same. Then multiple people worked on how to implement that design. Likely dozens of people rubber stamped this design. It hurts my brain. In the event of a collision, the model X should just eject its rear doors. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago* Instructions: remove the speaker grille, locate and pull the mechanical release cable, and then manually push the (really fucking heavy) door open. Vertically. Someone designed that, patted themselves on the back, and thought "that'll work!" Then at least one other person reviewed that design and thought the same. Then multiple people worked on how to implement that design. Likely dozens of people rubber stamped this design. It hurts my brain. In the event of a collision, the model X should just eject its rear doors. permalink fedilink source parent