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Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open (futurism.com)

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This happened in Toronto on October 24th

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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I can think of only a few situations where you'd want to get out of a car quickly, where you'd have enough time to look under all the matte covers to find a manual door release switch that may or may not be installed. A fire is certainly not one of them. At the very least shouldn't they be equipped with a Nothammer...?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A lot of newer cars have stronger glass that even these or the spring-loaded kind can’t break.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that's not illegal already it should be

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

They did it ostensibly for safety, as it will keep people from being ejected in a rollover. However, they also probably have manual releases.

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