• @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    I’ve heard they have some manual door latch backups? do you know if they’d be affected as well?

    • Bezier
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      398 months ago

      If the backups aren’t the door handles themselves, where are they located, and how many owners and passengers know about them?

        • @qwertilliopasd
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          578 months ago

          Perfect for the emergency situation where you would need them!

          • DarkThoughts
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            118 months ago

            Luckily there’s reinforced windows that can’t easily be broken either. I wonder if the EU models are the same because I have a hard time believing that this isn’t breaking several safety regulations. This whole thing is such an ironic and frankly idiotic freak accident.

    • @the16bitgamer
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      8 months ago

      Ah I was confusing the front and rear doors. From this video it looks like it’s in the door arm rests, while the rear door is burred in the rear door pocket under a flap. Both appear to operate the latch manually so no electricity required.

      • @[email protected]
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        208 months ago

        There’s no way kids will be able to get out of the car if their parent is unconscious in the front seat…

        • @Burn_The_Right
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          148 months ago

          Stop saying it out loud. Elon can only get so hard.

    • @[email protected]
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      They’re completely manual. There’s a manual door latch literally right below the button you’d press inside to open it.

      Pull that up & the door unlatches to open.

      They’re literally designed in for emergencies.

      It’s the same in the model 3, Y, & S.

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        188 months ago

        I just watched the video above. I’d say it’s a criminally bad design, because the emergency open is completely hidden from the casual observer and completely blending in with the other colors and shapes of the armrest. This makes it useless in an emergency.

        There is a reason why Fire extinguishers, seatbelt release buttons, emergency exit signs, emergency brakes in trains etc. are all designed in bright, red stand-out colors with big letters on them.