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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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[-] Terevos@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I the Tesla, the emergency release is where you'd normally look for the regular release. I have to tell people to use the button near their thumb instead.

I get that not everyone has this same experience, but it seems like most people already know where the emergency release is on the Tesla, even if they're not owners.

I think the problem is more that people don't even look for an emergency release because they assume there isn't one.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tesla is not alone (there was a story about someone trapped in a Corvette because they didn't know about the separate emergency release handle).

However, there are examples of doing it better. For example, evidently in the Mach E the emergency release is... pulling the normal door release harder. So there's some detent for 'normal electric opening of door' and then if you are more frantic, pulling harder to really open the door.

[-] Terevos@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that Mach-E example sounds ideal.

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