You don’t need an electric latch to have frameless windows. Pretty much every car before with frameless windows did not have them.
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Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 days agoThe purpose of the electric latch is to save the frameless window panes. It can lower the window slightly in the instant before it opens, to break the seal and avoid torsion on the glass.
Now, frameless windows are stupid and not necessary, so theres that. One dumb idea propagates another.
artyom@piefed.social 2 days ago
Zak@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This doesn’t pass a sanity check.
A mechanical handle that actuates when deflected 30 degrees can trip a microswitch at 10 degrees to slightly open the window.
Anivia@feddit.org 2 days ago
That’s exactly how they work in Mercedes cars