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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Firefighters had to use an ax to smash through the window.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure non teslas always open when you pull the handle.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure non teslas always open when you pull the handle.

Consumer Reports has an entire article about the many vehicles with electronic door releases. Both for how to manually exit if necessary, and for the models with exterior electronic handles. Tesla are nowhere near the only manufacturer, they're just the most numerous now, and a target for social media users who hate the company and feel the need to comment on every article negatively as if the company is the only one to do something.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/how-to-escape-your-car-if-the-electronic-door-release-fails-a8152892189/

Tesla is not unique, in any way. Everything Tesla does was either copied from elsewhere or has been copied by someone else now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And yet we have

To open the rear doors, pull back the carpet below the back seats to expose the emergency door release cable, the manual says, adding that you then need to pull the cable "toward the center" of the car.

Pull the door handle twice