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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 hours ago

in 20 years nobody will be buying a tesla because theyll have killed off their repeat buyers

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 hours ago

"I'm sorry, Dave. You are not subscribed to Twitter Blue."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

Mobile dumpsters with a new trash incinerator feature!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Before someone talks about the windows to justify the electronic door release, cars have had frameless doors for decades at this point, Tesla didn't invent anything, it's possible to have the window go down a bit with a mechanical handle and a switch that gets activated by it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Like... What tesla has? There are mechanical door releases, it's the big lever on the handle.

Yeah, it's lacking on older models in the rear. But this car in question had those? I don't understand how the front people didn't get out. The rear ones, yeah, it's quite fucked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 minutes ago

The ones they have are emergency releases and don't activate the windows, in some models the emergency release is under the door pocket mat, under a call that needs to be pried open, in others they're behind the speaker grills.

What I'm saying is that they 100% could have mechanical handles that activate the windows as the regular mean to open the doors, it's a deliberate choice not to have them and that choice can kill people.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

As a European i wonder how lack of mechanical opening could pass safety norms.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

there is, it'w just not very obvious apparently. Gotta read the manual to know it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

https://youtube.com/shorts/ETBQdho90xU

https://youtube.com/shorts/XTfg7VQZ8_4

The last one is: remove the liner in the cargo compartment in the door, pop a flap on the bottom and pull the little tab on the cable that comes out. Even of your know, in a full panic it's going to be hard.

Use the metal part of the seat belt to smash the window is going to be easier in panic mode.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 minutes ago

The windows are laminated I believe, so they won't shatter. It's unfortunately quite common in many modern vehicles now. It used to be just the front windshield.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

… with the Model Y in particular, not all vehicles come with manual releases for the rear doors, as Tesla warns in the car's manual. It's unclear if the Model Y involved in the crash was equipped with the emergency feature.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

In the 80s we had this little crank. Car didn't need to be on. Crank wasn't electric. Crank was kid-powered. Your dad just yelled at you. "HEY!!!! ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN BACK THERE!!!! YA LITTLE SHIT!!!"

And you knew it was serious, because cars back then didn't have A.C unless you were rich. So it was 90 degrees and the inside of the car was 110. Because YOU said we should put the reflective cover in the winshield, so it wouldn't get so hot in the car, but nooooooooo, dad said you'd only be a minute in the store. Then you come back out 45 minutes later. Which as you know, in kid time is several weeks. So now it's hot in the car. And the seat vynal is burning your legs, because you wore shorts.

And so you ask if you can just open the car doors for a while before you get in, but noooooooo we got places to be.

And so now you're getting yelled at, to crank both windows down because SOMEONE is being an asshole.

But at least you're not burning in a vehicle with no way out!

[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

not all vehicles come with manual releases for the rear doors

That sounds... Well, fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Hey it's really quite profound if you think about it though

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 hours ago

But it saves money - and that's certainly more important for Musk than a well-produced vehicle

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago

Is this how Elon plans to start the culling. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

You can't unlock the new fear. You have to read the instructions for the new fear to know how to operate the new fear's manual release.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not afraid. In order to be locked in a burning tesla,I'd first have to be inside a tesla.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 minutes ago

Out of curiosity, if you need to ride share on Uber or Lyft and the driver has a Tesla would you continually cancel until it was a different vehicle? Im not trying to be snarky.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

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