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There is a mechanical lever that you can use if the power is out. Probably it was required by regulators, but it's there.
I'm sure that wasn't the deciding factor anyway.
Like I'm going to find that lever when I'm drunk and sinking into a pond
Why would you drive drunk?
Maybe they were a passenger and the actual designated driver got in an accident due to something out of their control.
I don’t know that we have the full story on that, but if your car is deep enough to disrupt power to the door release, you’re already too deep to be able to open the door against water pressure. Is it really any better to be drunkenly ripping at a handle while you still can’t open the door and are drunkenly sinking into a pond?
A lot of things went wrong for this person, but I don’t believe an electric door release was one of thenm
Some of the cars do. Others don't. And those that do have them, like model S, it's hidden and only exists for front doors. Good luck getting out if you ever need to in case of emergency.
Ok, that's not ideal. Recent 3 and Y have the levers in fairly obvious places though, to the point that you have to explain to unfamiliar people to ignore them and press the little button instead.
I keep wondering what the cars could be if Musk hadn't hadn't gone off on the wild cybertruck goose chase or spent so much effort on self driving instead of driving.
He needs to be pushed out and not just because he's a lunatic. He's also incompetent.
I get the hype for futurism and I also think other manufacturers are too timid in making big steps. Instead they just do incremental upgrades. This whole EV push has given us some really good looking cars and finally some daring designs and color choices. But at the same time you really can't sacrifice safety of the people.