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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 4 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which... feels pretty dangerous, like that's the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 63 points 4 days ago (21 children)

How is this legal? Who let these vehicles on the road?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Probably the same person who let them on the road with a screen-swipe control for shifting with NO indicator of the gear you are in.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Wow that's a extremely stupid shifter control

Stupider than the "volume knob repurposed as a shifter" from Jeep

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