Tesla whined about it citing all the crap they’d have to work around in their design in order to make a normal mechanical linkage. Funny how no other upper tier manufacturer has trouble with all the power windows and window power pre-offsetting for interference fits. They manage to have mechanical linkages.
Comment on China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Is it really that hard to make one of those recessed handles buy with mechanical linkage instead of an electric one?
Seems like the real issue is the electric door latch itself, not the style of handle.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Yeah I’m not shocked major car company with the least amount of experience in mechanical engineering had that issue.
Give that to a team of 90’s Honda engineers and they’d have it done by lunch with a price tag a 1/3rd of the Tesla mechanism.
BanMe@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Oh those Honda engineers would have laughed and laughed. “Aluminum chassis and plastic body support?!” I can hear them say through hysterics.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
Yeah, the style at the time was “rust chassis and paint is body support” tbh
3abas@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
That doesn’t follow. The 3 and y both have mechanical handles that only close flush by a spring for aerodynamics. Literally every manufacturer has copied that in at least one model.
Only the s, x, and CT have retractable handles, and it’s mostly Chinese cars that copy that.
artyom@piefed.social 6 hours ago
They are not mechanical.
artyom@piefed.social 6 hours ago
Yeah, it’s hard. How is it going to come out while there’s nothing to grab on to?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 hours ago
You press on it, tons of Chinese cars already do this.
artyom@piefed.social 5 hours ago
How does it come out when you press on it?
Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 hours ago
The lever point is offset such that when you press on the taller part of the handle, the front pops out and you can pull.
They freeze quite solid in icy conditions. It’s really remarkable!
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
These recessed handles usually have some sort of fallback. For me, I don’t want rescuers to have a single second of uncertainty of how to open my car. They should be able to quickly yank the door open, not fumble for some recessed/hidden button. Every second counts.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Why do need this on a fist place? So a 2 ton SUV can be 0.0058% more aerodynamic?