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[–] halcyoncmdr 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/how-to-escape-your-car-if-the-electronic-door-release-fails-a8152892189/

Tesla is not unique, in any way. Everything Tesla does was either copied from elsewhere or has been copied by someone else now.

[–] vxx 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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