Prunebutt comments on There's no coming back from that

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Please tell me, how a door that doesn't open if the power goes out is a good idea?

I know that you can manually open it if you rip out some speaker grills and pull at a hidden lever. But try to remember that in an accident where you accidently drove into a pond, because you didn't realize the car was in reverse because a touchscreen has no haptic feedback of the state the car is in.

Turns out I did do a bit of research after all

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[–] pipe01@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-manually-open-tesla-door-if-battery-power-dies-2023-8

All of them have an easy way to open the doors, although it's true that on some of them only the front doors have a manual release.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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.

I guess that's where my info was coming from.

Edit: The fact that this was such a problem that the business insider needed to publish the info speaks for itself, IMHO. Yes, it might be stated in the manual. But you want that shit to be obvious and intuitive in cases of emergency (when you'd need that feature).