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Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, died (www.theverge.com)

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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 146 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The car’s owner, Renee Sanchez, was taking her granddaughter to the zoo, but after loading the child in the Model Y, she closed the door and wasn’t able to open it again. “My phone key wouldn’t open it,” Sanchez said in an interview with Arizona’s Family. “My car key wouldn’t open it.” She called emergency services, and firefighters were dispatched to help.

Just so nobody thinks someone left a kid in the car and then went into a store or something. Tesla should be paying for the broken window repair at the very least.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 54 points 5 months ago

Also, this is similar to a use case that Telsa likes to promote. They allow you to leave the climate on while the car is locked.

This makes me never want to trust the dog and camp modes they advertise.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 38 points 5 months ago

In this specific example, I believe the driver buckled the child, closed the door, then was unable to open any door before starting the vehicle. Is it possible to either start the vehicle or at least turn on the climate control from outside? If not, this was a horribly dangerous situation.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

Yeah, this wasn’t even intentional. The car just shit out while she was getting the car situated. Very scary.

[-] DBNinja@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

Not without the 12V. I'm pretty sure most of the internal electronics are dependent on that working. There's an access port so you can "jump" the 12V with another car, which I think would then allow you to open the door though.

[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I think I just saw an article saying that dog mode is currently broken lol

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