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Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power.::Numerous Tesla owners say they have been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power.Teslas come with manual door releases, but they can be hard to find

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[-] LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The manual door release is so hard to find that most time, passengers not knowing Tesla cars use them.

If you can’t find the door release, maybe you are too dumb to drive a 2 tons car with other humans.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 33 points 1 year ago

Model X: If the power drops out, you can open the rear doors using a mechanical release found behind the speaker grille, which you need to remove from the vehicle's door, the manual adds.

Ah yes, if I can't get out of a car, my first thought would be to dismantle the speaker grille.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

What the actual fuck. Why would a door handle be so god damned difficult?

[-] redwall_hp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Model Y has it hidden too: the back (you know, where small children are likely to be) has its manual release under the floor mat. And the exterior door handles need power to pop out, obviously, since they're flush with the door normally. So if you have power out, and there are kids in the back with extreme heat or a fire or something, good fucking luck.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

How on Earth did the NHTSA let this shit happen?

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 22 points 1 year ago

The release on the front doors doesn't look like a release —but at least you can use it readily.

The release on the back doors is hidden behind a hard to remove cover.

[-] Garzak@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is the anti musk circlejerk, I’ve seen countless articles like this being posted here, and the cohort of brainless haters always follow.

I have a Tesla, not because I like musk (dude is human garbage), but because I like the car. Only a moron wouldn’t be able to find the manual door unlock. At this point this is either trolling or natural selection.

[-] Mdotaut801@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Only a moron buys a Tesla.

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