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Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. Here's how to manually open a Tesla door if you get stuck inside. (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 1 year ago by dragontamer to c/realtesla
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The difficult manual-unlock procedure of Teslas has been well known and well documented by the RealTesla community for years.

Still nice to see more mainstream webpages talking about the ridiculous manual-release lever design of Tesla cars.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It should be straight up illegal to have anything other than extremely easy to access, intuitive, physical release for every single door on a vehicle.

[โ€“] dragontamer 4 points 1 year ago

Doubly so as multiple people have died as they've been locked into a Tesla-on-fire.

When the Tesla battery catches on fire, all electronics stop working. This is a significant safety issue.