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thawed_caveman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Imagine being in a burning car and needing the manual to open the doors. And then you can’t find it so you start googling “Tesla model S manual”, find a PDF, then start scrolling through it trying to find out how do you open the doors.

Here’s an idea, how about just make it so the handles mechanically open the damn doors? This is why i’ll never own an electric car, they’re full of bullshit like this where things are done electronically for absolutely no reason. I hate this fucking design phylosophy where everything has to be more complicated, less reliable and less functional.

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stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Being electric isn’t the problem. These are design choices that assume that things will always be perfect.

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- thawed_caveman@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  True, but this design philosophy is currently omnipresent in electric vehicles. I guess i shouldn’t say never, maybe someday they’ll make an electric Lada and i’d buy that in an instant
  
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Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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- uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Nonono. There’s no excuse to not make a door work mechanically. It should be easy and obvious to open from the inside. Why shit like this is even allowed is completely beyond me.
  
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- BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Ok, what about passengers?
  
  What about kids? Should they start go right from ABC’s to the Tesla Model Y 2020-2021 Owners Manual?
  
  What if it’s a rental, do you sit down and read the owners manual in the parking lot of the rental place before you go anywhere?
  
  Door handles have basically been an industry standard as they are (mechanical) because of form and function. They just work, there is zero reason that door handles need to be electric and have a manual emergency release. The only reason I could grasp from the smallest straws was aesthetics: they look cooler/go better with the car.
  
  Lamborghinis and Ferrari’s have mechanical door handles, if it’s good enough for them, it should be good enough for Musk.
  
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