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Expect those investigations to quietly go away or turn up nothing in about two months from now.

Well they don't say where it was but I'm assuming it's Canada since a Canada post employee saved one by smashing the window with a big pole so she could crawl out.

with a bonus nonmetaphorical Musk tie-in.

It's an apt analogue for what we should all expect from the DOGE; burning to death while everyone watches in terror.

They might all have one but if not, get one that has a seat belt cutter on it. And keep it in the front console, not anywhere in the back or in the glove compartment.

I knew someone (an acquaintance, we weren't close) who died in a crash because their seatbelt got stuck and they couldn't get out. They had one of those cutter hammer combos but it was in the back seat. Absolutely nightmarish.

In my neck of the woods, four people burned to death in a Tesla last month (news article in French).

https://www.ouest-france.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/deux-sevres/une-voiture-electrique-prend-feu-pres-de-niort-au-moins-trois-des-quatre-occupants-decedent-d4eabc66-8939-11ef-a747-441efd5dcd49

Yeah, imagine if the air brakes failed on a transport truck and instead of them defaulting to on, they no longer worked...

Or if your Anti-lock braking system defaulted to no brakes instead of brakes without Anti-lock

Or if the power goes out an elevator just falls to the ground

Or if.....

When I rode as a passanger in a Tesla Model 3, the owner told me not to use the big pull handle because it was the manual release, and instead to use the button at the top of the grab bar.

I don't know about the other models but the manual release was a more obvious way to open the door than the intended way.

There are manual releases but they're hidden. They need to be more obvious because these cars are rented to people and obviously the owners aren't taking the time to figure out where they're at.

I would also think just having secondary power packs in each door would help in the event power is cut to ensure the doors can continue to function for a few minutes while also a speaker could explain how to use the emergency release if none of the doors are working.

All this added complexity and cost isn't worth it to me, manual doors just make sense for so many reasons.

make everything electronic because Elon thinks it is super cool

put very inefficiently placed manual overrides because it was a bad idea

Not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors.

I think I see a problem.

Also: that's waaaay too many steps for an emergency. Imagine trying to dismantle the door trim when you have a concussion.

Are you kidding meeeee

This is what it looks like when they're legally forced to do something, but still don't want to do it, and their customers are idiots who can afford to pay for redundant features.

So you know, goverment inefficiency. /s

Some GenZ kids were talking about how cool rolling up a window with a handle was and wished it was in cars again. It was refreshing to hear.

Anything owned by Muskrat