• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    There isn’t a chance that a vehicle with those kinds of thrusters would ever be road legal

    Tesla sold a car for years with no way to open the back seat doors in the event of an emergency.

    US regulators allow Tesla to do anything.

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      4 hours ago

      There is a way. Not practical, but if you pry off the speaker cover, there is a release cable.

      I blame regulators.

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        The Model X had it under a speaker cover. The model 3 didn’t have it listed in the user manual. Fans discovered under a rubber door pocket cover, you could remove a flushed mounted plastic tab and fish out a pull wire to open the door.

        It wasn’t until 2024 that Model 3’s got a door release.

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          Strange. Maybe it’s a Europe thing, but my 2020(?) M3 has a little mechanical lever you can pull to open.

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            20 minutes ago

            In the front seats, right? Everyone (even I agree rightfully so) got mad about the rear passengers not having one.

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      4 hours ago

      A car that maybe you (or your passengers) can’t get out of and might die is different from a car that’s basically a bomb on wheels.