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This happened in Toronto on October 24th

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[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 weeks ago

I heard Teslas are supposed to have manual release latches inside.

In any case, doors should always be manual anyway. This isn't the first time this happened and I'm surprised there isn't a regulation for this yet.

[-] Sporkbomber@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

The ones in the rear are hidden under a mat in the door.

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-AAD769C7-88A3-4695-987E-0E00025F64E0.html

The model X requires you to remove the speaker grill to manually open the door.

You know, nice and intuitive.

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Do these panels and speaker grills at least have a tooless design so they’re easy to remove if you’re aware of them? This design just sounds so dumb.

[-] Sporkbomber@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

It looks like it, but they're still hidden. If you didn't know to look under a mat while you're car is fire I doubt it would be easy to find.

The article also says that not all model Y have releases in the rear, so even if you know 'well my model Y has them here' you still might be screwed.

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

So glad I never had the opportunity to get a Tesla way back when I thought they were cool new tech.

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