Scenario: Undocumented immigrant family in Minneapolis get in their Tesla car to go to work, school or shopping. The doors lock and are disabled via software OTA. Because they are not mechanical, the family can’t open the doors. They try to roll down a window, but that too is software controlled. The buttons do nothing. They are trapped.
The car then disables the steering colums via OTA software so the wheel goes limp. It is a drive by wire steering with no mechanical, rack and pinion physical link for the driver to control.
The cars autodrive engages and sends the trapped family to an ICE detention facility.
Is there any design feature stopping this from from hapening today?
Tesla does have mechanical handles for the doors on the inside. You just need to know how it works.
There are just so many dumb people in the world who does not even know how to turn off for lights, and you expect them to figure out these “hidden” latches?
Jesus, I was driven home by a classmate once, and his windshield was so dirty I turned on the wiper with washing (I don’t know what it’s called, English is not my mother tongue), and he asked me how I did that. The idiot had had a licence for 2 years, and didn’t even know this.
In the door cubby, covered in everyday items, under a rubber mat. In case of emergencies.
Or… Just hear me out… It’s under the door handle:
Sometimes people shock me with how ignorant they are, just because they don’t like something.
Depends on the model.
Tesla Manual Door Release in Rear Passenger Doors (Model 3/Y)
This one is tricky because it is hidden and difficult to open. It helps to have a flashlight too.
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Locate a square tab on the floor of the pocket (using a flashlight will help)
Flashlight pictured is from Jowua, on Amazon
Lift the square tab (this is harder than it looks and may require a small tool for leverage) tesla rear door manual release Square Tab tesla rear door manual release Lift Square Tab (may require small tool)
What was that again about shocking levels of ignorance?
The fuck is that? Someone in an emergency is supposed to follow a 13 step instruction just to get out of their (potentially burning) car ?!
The one that @P1nkman showed was already hidden enough, but this is a whole other level
H… o…,… Fuck. Wait. No. Huh??
What the actual shit??? I have a model 3 (different discussion, I hate Mush as much as the next person) , and this is not how mine is! I’m going to admit that I’m the ignorant person here, 100%!! And thank you for being pedantic, because I needed it in this thread!
But HOLY FUCK THAT’S DUMB!!!
I’m going to edit my comment (not remove anything).