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Oh look, the thing we said would happen has happened. Again.
It happens in other cars too. And batteries burn. The outer door handles are no different than any car's locked doors.
From the article:
I have one I know exactly how they work. To be clear I think Musk is a fool and I would never buy a tesla again because of his Nazi ties. But the statement in that article about handles is wrong/simplified/misleading. On the outside, the handles lay flat; but almost all car's outer handles will not be usable when a door is locked. On the inside, the doors have electric buttons to open that could be disabled in a crash. But there are easy to use manual handles too. They are obvious and people use them by default until you tell them to use the electronic button (which prolongs the life of the window gasket by lowering the frameless window a bit before opening). In the back, there are manual overrides but they're hidden; however this is no less safe than having the child lock on for back door which is a normal feature for cars.
Yes Teslas have that too. They have a redundant power to the doors to minimize failure. But we're talking about the case where that fails, no?
The commenter said there was a benefit...
prolongs the life of the window gasket by lowering the frameless window a bit before opening
Whether that is worthwhile is another issue.
You know what else could prolong the life of the window gasket? A window frame. Yeah shocking and revolutionary idea. To be clear it's just against Tesla it's against every brand that have frameless windows.
Have you seen car ads? It is all about image. Like buying cool eyeglasses... oh wait... they always have frames.
There are eye glasses with half frames
Every time anything goes slightly amiss with a Tesla, the media play it up because people like you who hate Tesla want to read about Tesla failure, so it drives engagement. Many many other cars have accidents where people get stuck in the car. There are other cars that have frameless windows and electronic handles, but you never hear about them not because they're any safer, but because no one cares about them.
The handles on the model 3 and Y are absolutely different than those of other vehicles. On the inside there are mechanical handles in the front only, and it's fairly easy to be unaware of their existence, they blend in too well. If the power fails in the low voltage system then the only way to get the rear doors open from the inside is to lift up the liner in the door pocket and pull on a small steel cable that unlatches the door.
I have one, I know exactly how it works. Yes the back door system is stupid, but no worse for safety than any car with the kid locks on the doors.
The emergency internal handles in the front are exactly where you think they'd be. If I don't tell people how to open the door with the button, they pull the emergency handle. Of course if someone is used to pushing the button and it doesn't work, they might panic, and forget but if they're unconscious it hardly matters.