Comment on New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds
artyom@piefed.social 1 week agoWe’re not talking about door locks, but door latches and handles. There are no “locks” on Teslas. As I said “locked” is just a state in the computer.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
“Lock” is a term for the mechanism that controls the latch and restricts operation. Whether the access mechanism is digital (key card, remote, etc) or physical (key, dial, etc) is irrelevant.
My point is it’s a solved problem. You can have a mixed physical and digital system. In fact, Teslas already have a mixed system as evidenced by the existence of a mechanical override. The issue is that the mechanical override is difficult to use and inaccessible from the outside.
If Tesla used something that already exists, we wouldn’t have this problem. It can still have the same interface (the button in the handle on both sides), just simplify the mechanical override and expose a way to access it from outside.
artyom@piefed.social 1 week ago
Again, there is no such mechanism.
It’s none of these things.
But they didn’t. So the problem exists.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Then how does the door stay closed? If I walk up to someone else’s Tesla, I can’t open it. Why? Because it’s locked. If the owner walks up, they can open it. Why? Because they have the key.
Yes, the lock works differently than many other cars, but there’s still a lock.
Here’s an article that talks about how the manual release works. It exists, it’s just annoying to access, and not something an average child (or possibly adult) can intuit.
The article is stating that the override should be easier to access and use.
artyom@piefed.social 1 week ago
You’re thinking of the door latch, not the door lock.
Again, there is no physical locking mechanism.