Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash
Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash
cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/660354
The only survivor of the October 24 fire was a woman in her 20s who was able to get to safety after a quick thinking passer-by smashed a window of the burning Model Y car to free her
Every Tesla owner should carry a window breaker in the car. Heck, everyone should carry a wondow breaker in every car.
Not having mechanical door releases for emergencies like this just seems so friggin dumb, but what do I know.
They do. Each front door a manual lever and each rear door has a manual release pull tab.
A dumber idea would be driving around a car without knowing how it works. The article doesn’t even mention them until the last paragraph, and poorly.
The emergency releases are covered in the manual as well as official tutorial videos and countless YouTube how-tos. The front door lever is exactly where you think it is. You have to literally do zero research about the car you’re buying to not know about them.
EDIT: not sure why this touched a nerve. Every recent car model has their own way of invoking an emergency manual door release, EV or ICE. This is a new car problem, not just a Tesla problem. Simply pointing out the fact that it’s there.
Ok well that's good if true. Why didn't they use it? Are they not widely known about by drivers or not in an obvious location for ease of access in an emergency? That's my only assumption as to why this happened.
Edit: read the article:
There is a manual override in Tesla cars but the feature is not widely publicized, experts say.
Why don't the doors unlock automatically after a crash, like on every other modern vehicle?
