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China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns (www.autoblog.com)
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[–] 47 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Tesla whined about it citing all the crap they’d have to work around in their design in order to make a normal mechanical linkage. Funny how no other upper tier manufacturer has trouble with all the power windows and window power pre-offsetting for interference fits. They manage to have mechanical linkages.

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  • [–] 41 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Yeah I'm not shocked the major car company with the least amount of experience in mechanical engineering had that issue.

    Give that to a team of 90's Honda engineers and they'd have it done by lunch with a price tag a 1/3rd of the Tesla mechanism.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    That doesn't follow. The 3 and y both have mechanical handles that only close flush by a spring for aerodynamics. Literally every manufacturer has copied that in at least one model.

    Only the s, x, and CT have retractable handles, and it's mostly Chinese cars that copy that.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    They are not mechanical.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    You’re both right: this is where we need more precise language

    Model 3 and Y, most Teslas, have mechanical handles. However all Teslas have an electronic latch mechanism

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