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If only we had the technology to open doors without power. One day, perhaps.
But how do you integrate a subscription fee into analog doors? You can‘t enshitify that!!
Oh that's easy, just make it a one time release switch. You gotta replace the ~~door~~ battery after using it.
Door opener fluid. It's a canister of fluid that you have to pump into the door to open it in an emergency. Then you get a replacement canister from the dealer for $150. I recently found out that that's what passes for a "spare tire" anymore.
They do they both for cost and for weight savings to try and hit CAFE standard while only selling oversized CUVs.
Make small cars.
We want them, they’re fun and better for everyone.
An explosive hatch! Or ejection seat! Love it
The only subscription fee Tesla has is a $10 and you don't need it to open the doors.
They charge 99$ a month for FSD.
I like how you were downvoted so heavily for posting correct information because there was a hint you weren't shitting on Tesla hard enough.
LOL it's been hilarious to watch people imagine all these horrible things about Tesla since Musk outed himself.
The fact a car was approved that doesn't have a manual way to open doors from inside and outside and start it is ludicrous. That's basic-ass level shit. NHTSA is asleep at the wheel.
Other comment says there is a way from inside, just not outside (which doesn't help with a young kid/toddler/baby is the inside passenger of course).
Either way, glad this is "only" a huge embarrassment, and not a dead kid.
There is a manual door release that works without power, but only from the inside. She had just loaded the child in their car seat, shut the door then went to the driver door to get in and couldn’t open it.
The doors are on the 12V side of the system, you can use jumper cables to connect an external battery from another vehicle (including ICE vehicles) to power the door under normal circumstances. But with a kid trapped in the car in AZ, I wouldn’t wait for that either.
It a pretty rare combinations of circumstances, but there’s something to be said for manual keys still used on other vehicles with keyless entry.
How would you connect the battery with jumper cables if you're locked out?
There’s a manual release that can be used to open the hood from the outside even if the vehicle has no power.
It’s a safety feature for first responders, as also under the hood is a loop of wire that can be cut to permanently disable the high voltage curcuts prior cutting open the car with saws.
Or charge/jump the 12V battery without having to remove the body panels.
Until then we've included a complimentary hammer with each Tesla.