This is the whole reason we have strict building codes for door hardware. Locks have to be able to open in a single action, and room with a larger occupancy have to have panic devices that can open the door just from falling on them. The panic devices were invented after a major theater fire killed a bunch of people thanks to their stupidly-designed fancy locks that nobody could figure out how to open during the panic.
“Teslas have a massive design flaw that doesn’t make opening the fucking doors obvious like it has been for 100 years”
Your car is on fire. The battery is burning so you have no fonctioning doors.
In the panic of your flesh getting pretty hot, you gotta remember “use the manual release lever”.
Yeah, no fucking shit that it happens.
Not to mention you might be a passenger and have no idea about any of this in the first place
If you’re in the front seat.
If you’re in the back seat you:
I hope your kids and passengers paid attention to the training video you had them watch.
It actually depends on the model, it may be under the seat, behind the speaker, in the door pocket. It’s insane.
Yikes! That’s a service latch, not an emergency release.
Yeah - and as somebody reminded me in another thread it’s because you can damage the window by using it.
It’s such a well-designed car.
if the car is burning in a fire I think window damage isn’t my biggest concern lol
The reason it’s “hidden” is to prevent it from being used when the car is NOT on fire.
It’s a well-designed car.
This is the whole reason we have strict building codes for door hardware. Locks have to be able to open in a single action, and room with a larger occupancy have to have panic devices that can open the door just from falling on them. The panic devices were invented after a major theater fire killed a bunch of people thanks to their stupidly-designed fancy locks that nobody could figure out how to open during the panic.