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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/evs@feddit.uk

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This is really pretty amazing how poorly designed the Tesla doors are, where if the power fails (like in a crash or a fire), you might need to remove the speaker grill or two separate panels to get to the emergency mechanical door release.

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ how are any of these things even road legal outside of freedumbland??

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Staggering incompetence in the design. Just absolutely antagonistic disregard for the lives of the back seat passengers.

And this is from a company that bills themselves as Apple-style design geniuses! Like, Christ, make doors that open, THEN break out the black turtlenecks.

[–] jonne 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think what OP means is, why is this legal to begin with. You would think at least the EU would ban something like that, regardless of what Musk thinks is good design.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

That'd be smart, TBH.