Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power.

Have they tried subscribing to Twitter Blue? As I understand it, it 'unlocks' the door feature...

/s

We're deleting 'doors' as a feature. They just don't make sense.

— Melontusk

This is how the BMW a friend owns works, and it's not an EV. The unlock button in the driver's seat just stops working if the car is off.

How do I know this? I decided to stay in the car while my friend went to go get something, and it auto-locked as he walked away. After about 5 minutes of trying everything I could think of to get out (including attempting to climb into the boot, which was too small for anything except a malnourished child to fit through), he came back and unlocked it.

There is no manual way to unlock the door from the inside. I checked the driver's manual. It says it's impossible to do without "special knowledge" and does not provide any pointers on how to do so. The friend asked a guy at the BMW place after a service how to unlock it from the inside, and he said "oh, yeah, there's no way to do that," and laughed it off.

Previous BMW models weren't designed like this. I can't imagine what they'll do to the next generation...

These same people drive into lakes because the GPS said so.

I am flabbergasted about how little some people know about cars.

In a discussion about a potentially mandatory hardware cutoff button for EVs after the accident in China:

• But that's just an electric button! What is a button good for if the electronics fail?

Do you know what a hardware cutoff does?

• Could I press it accidentally?

Such button would be mounted somewhere you can see and easily reach but normally don’t have hands there, like the dashboard.

• What if I'm going 80 mph on a highway and the cutoff somehow activates?

Did you realize that you don't actually stop dead when the motor is disconnected? You will start coasting, gradually slowing down (unless it's downhill) and come to a halt in about a minute.
However, the software (or hardware, if the manufacturer is actually safety aware) will "notice" the cutoff and turn on brake lights (& hazards if they are separate), and inform you that you need to pull the button back up to reconnect the contacts. If you realize your mistake immediately, you can revert it in less time than it takes beginners to shift gears on some old cars (which is also a time when the motor is not engaged).

• But how do I stop a rogue car if the button actually does not do it by itself?

Slamming the brakes all the way should mechanically engage the brake pads regardless of whether the electronics works. If not, the car is not road legal.

• Cars did not use to have this!

Do you know what the ignition key does? It physically prevents the motor from firing any further if it is pulled.

Stop complaining about mechanical overrides to electronic systems! Any software engineer will tell you that they'll happily be able to pull the plug if their computer tries to kill them!

The manual door release can be tricky to find unless you've combed through your car's owner's manual.

Absolute horseshit. Practically every person who gets out of my car for the first time goes for the manual handle. I have to make a point to tell them to use the button.

i hear that numerous tesla owners say they’ve been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power

i’ve also heard that numerous tesla owners say they’ve been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power

that, on top of the news that numerous tesla owners say they’ve been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power makes me realize we may be facing a horrifying truth: that numerous tesla owners are being trapped inside their EVs after they lost power

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_au/GUID-7A32EC01-A17E-42CC-A15B-2E0A39FD07AB.html

Really doesn't look that hard to find... and who the fuck is getting into any car without knowing how to open it in case of an emergency lol.

Pretty stupid that there's only a manual open for the front doors though, at least on the model 3.

People... There are manual door handles right where you expect them to be. Why isn't this in the title hmmmmmmm?

Teslas come with manual door releases, but they can be hard to find

This is misleading. The door releases are extremely hidden, and seem to be specifically designed to not be found by anyone who has not received special training to find and use them. Also, they are not the same on every model, and are sometimes not even the same on all versions of the same model.

Some releases are hidden inside of door panel molding, others are hidden inside speaker grills, some are hidden under floor mats and even then must be pulled a specific direction to function.

Tesla seems to be going out of their way to kill people by trapping them. It's fucking bizarre.

I get that people could be more curious about their cars, but hiding an emergency release like some kind of hidden book on Hogwarts that you have to yank on seems like a dumb idea. Car doors have established design language, and if you break that design language it has to be pretty fucking obvious how to do the action your users were trained to do.

Just when I start to think there's alot of great information in the posts and comments on Lemmy, I read some like this.

It's a feature, not a bug. This way you can admire interior even more. /s

Fact #648637 why Tesla is a bad car. It just feels very sloppy and badly engineered.

I found a video of it happening

That's gotta suck.

Are lots having this problem or just enough for this article?

I hate to be the voice of reason here, but if you get inside a powerful device to pilot it you should at minimum read the directions first.

Clickbait article. The manual door releases are impossible to miss. Nearly everyone who has ridden in my car has tried to use the manual release first. I have to stop them and explain how to use the electronic release.

Teslas have problems but the door handles aren't one of them.

It's sort of amazing, these cars meet the safety regulations of the countries they are sold in. Or is it a case that no one has been this dumb before and they haven't had to regulate for it?

The manual door release is so hard to find that most time, passengers not knowing Tesla cars use them.

If you can’t find the door release, maybe you are too dumb to drive a 2 tons car with other humans.