Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery
Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery
Firefighters had to use an ax to smash through the window.
Firefighters had to use an ax to smash through the window.
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So reading the article... it had a dead 12V battery. The car warns you when the 12V battery is going bad. It's possible it suddenly died without warning, but unlikely. Those are literally the same tech as every other car, nothing really special about the 12V system. It's just a smaller battery since it doesn't have to power anything other than accessories, and is constantly recharged by the high voltage system.
Even ignoring all that, you can access the 12V system externally to jump it and open the doors just like any regular ICE car needing a jump. It's not like Teslas are the only vehicles reliant on things like key fobs and doors without obvious keyholes.
https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-3567D5F4-A5F4-4323-8BE0-023D5438FFC6.html
Even ignoring all that, you can access the 12V system externally to jump it and open the doors just like any regular ICE car needing a jump
No other car needs a jump for occupants to exit the vehicle, what the fuck are you talking about? Are you intentionally missing the point?
No other car needs a jump for occupants to exit the vehicle
Neither does a Tesla, there are manual overrides inside the vehicle if you are "stuck" inside with a dead 12V system for any reason.
I was referring specifically to the fact that the car can be jumped like any other vehicle if necessary, and the topic at hand is one of those situations. Any vehicle with a flush handle that uses an electronic release will have this issue if the 12V system dies. Because these systems all rely on an electronic mechanism to open the door. Interior manual overrides will bypass but from the outside, there often isn't a bypass, you would need to jump the 12V system to unlock a door.
Other than the Tesla models, there's the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Ford Mustang Mach-E, and Range Rover Velar that I found with a 2 minute search. There's probably more models, probably even before Tesla if someone cared to look more.
I'm pretty sure non teslas always open when you pull the handle.
I’m pretty sure non teslas always open when you pull the handle.
Consumer Reports has an entire article about the many vehicles with electronic door releases. Both for how to manually exit if necessary, and for the models with exterior electronic handles. Tesla are nowhere near the only manufacturer, they're just the most numerous now, and a target for social media users who hate the company and feel the need to comment on every article negatively as if the company is the only one to do something.
Tesla is not unique, in any way. Everything Tesla does was either copied from elsewhere or has been copied by someone else now.
And yet we have
To open the rear doors, pull back the carpet below the back seats to expose the emergency door release cable, the manual says, adding that you then need to pull the cable "toward the center" of the car.
vs
Pull the door handle twice
My keyless entry VW has flaps on the door handles which you can use a key to open the doors if the battery was depleted.