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Why on earth do they make cars that can go this seriously wrong?

 

Four friends died in a burning Tesla after a crash broke the car's electronic door handles, it is claimed.  

A woman in her 20s was the only survivor of the fiery October 24 crash after Rick Harper, a heroic Canada Post employee, smashed the window of the blazing Model Y with a metal pole.

Four of her friends, identified as 25-year-old Neelraj Gohil, his sister Ketaba Gohil, 29, Jay Sisodiya and Digvijay Patel all died in the tragedy.

Harper has since told the Toronto Star that the surviving woman 'couldn't open the doors' from the inside of the wreck.

Teslas have a button which the car's driver and passenger push to open a door, instead of a handle. But if the power fails after a crash, the doors can become stuck and won't open.

There is a manual override button in Tesla cars but experts say the feature is not widely publicized. 

It directs crash victims to pull away a panel in the door and then tug at a cable underneath, which will open the doors.

Safety watchdogs have also highlighted that crash victims may be too panicked or dazed to search for the feature after an accident. 



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I rode in an Uber that was Tesla last week.

The driver had to tell me how to operate the doors..

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That must have been terrifying! I just can't imagine that. I have a great fear of fire, horrifying way to die.

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Syl


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It looks like a huge fault design to me.

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Just horrific. 

Tbf, although there have been many incidents of EVs catching fire, EVs are generally viewed as less likely to catch fire compared to petrol-powered cars.

But Tesla‘s safety testing policy is currently under federal investigation, and each passing day only reinforces my opinion that anything Musk-related is eventually gonna prove to be dodgy AF.



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Syl wrote:

It looks like a huge fault design to me.

 Yes.  Why on earth they can't just have a manual handle beats me.   I'm not even happy with electric windows regarding safety.



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Do these electronic door handles suddenly open while going around a curve at 70 mph? 



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