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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)

submitted 5 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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In case you thought cars would become safer as technology developed... rest assured, Tesla is finding newer and ever-dumber ways to make their cars dangerous to occupants (and others).

TL;DR: If you're in a Tesla and it loses power (like in a fire), the only way to open the doors is often an unlabeled wire behind either two panels or a speaker grill. Tesla owners are DIYing janky rip cords to make that wire easier to pull to escape.

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You should install a separate battery system (and have it on an easy to access place for simple battery replacement - on the ceiling, for example). Also slap a battery status display on the dashboard, better keep it separate and not depend on the babby tablet. Now, what will this battery power? The emergency system, of course. I've got two words for you: Explosive bolts. That's right, you pull one of the new tiger-stripe-marked levers above each door, and all of the doors eject violently to the side, allowing you to escape a doomed vehicle in any conceivable circumstance. This is what we in the know call "cyberpunk as fuck".

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Better solution is to have an explosive pin on each window. Flip the cover, and press the button and all the pins detonate, shattering each window.

You could make even tie it in to the door circuit. As long as the car has power to the door latch, pressing the button does nothing.