Why cant’t the doors be manual on an EV?
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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Not cool enough for someone whose brain stopped developing at 15
Than you wouldnt look smart when a person sitting in your ev doesnt know how to open the door, and you smugly grin and show how stupid they look for not spending 30min on youtube and looking at videos how to open ev doors.
Of course they can, but then you don't get those slick flush handles. Ain't that a thing worth dying for?
best part is that the handles on the 3 and Y are manually actuated but have an electronic lock. so you push the wide part in to pop the handle out, and when you pull it it opens electronically. so stupid.
Worst of both worlds 👐
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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...?
I've seen it said elsewhere that these don't work on the windows of current Tesla models as they're laminated.
Hammers aren't ideal, they take force, knowing how to strike, they could shatter glass in your eye.
All of this shit is easily avoided by a fucking handle on the fucking door.
A lot of newer cars have stronger glass that even these or the spring-loaded kind can’t break.
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Is there an advantage to such an electronic door opener? If they have to include a manual release anyways, it really doesn't seem like they'd save space.
I guess, there might be novelty to just pressing a button, but not burning alive is also quite a cool feature.
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