Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which… feels pretty dangerous, like that’s the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

  • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 hours ago

    They use laminate glass on the side windows as well as windshield on some models for noise reduction. Traditional window breaking tools don’t work on them. It’s basically a tombmobile.

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      20 hours ago

      Wow holy shit. So if you get submerged it’s just straight up a death sentence. Just when you think they can’t get worse…