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Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open (futurism.com)

submitted 3 days ago by return2ozma to c/tesla

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[–] ch00f 5 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Because this keeps coming up:

Electronic door latches are not a Tesla invention. They are featured in many vehicles. They’re considered a luxury item and presumably some people like them over a mechanical latch.

All Teslas have a mechanical override. In the 3 and Y it’s very obvious in the front seat (so obvious that some of my passengers instinctively use it over the electronic latch. Doing so repeatedly can damage the weather stripping). The back seat has no override (that I know of).

It’s less obvious (but still present) in the S and X.

Take from that what you will, but this is only a story because it’s Tesla.

[–] return2ozma 4 points 3 days ago

I think the problem is that it's not as obvious in the backseat as a non-Tesla vehicle.

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