Idiocracy was a prophetic movie, with everything working, eh, like this and planes falling.
0x0@programming.dev 1 week ago
Not even the door locks are mechanical? So much built-in obsolescence…
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It is, people are just stupid, can’t be bothered to read, or even wonder what that lever literally right on the door handle is for.
slayback@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s definitely also in the X.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, but it’s hidden behind the speaker Grill rather than just right on the door handle all the other models also have some type of covering or otherwise have hidden it it seems only the model 3 decided to put it in a very obvious spot
slayback@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, it’s the exact same as the model 3.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I haven’t has a car with mechanical locks in a long time. I’ve also not had a battery so dead the locks didn’t work.
KnowledgeableNip@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
There’s usually some sort of mechanical release for safety for stuff like this.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
On the mach E, my understanding is there’s a panel where you hook up a jump box that supplies power to those circuits to allow you to use your key fob to open the door. But there’s no bladed key to manually unlock the car. So technically there’s a failsafe but it’s not ideal. And I agree it ought not be allowed.
nutsack@lemmy.world 1 week ago
how the fuck are you going to put power into the thing if you don’t have a charged battery
Wrench@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, that’s fucking stupid, and requires the electronics to not be damaged in whatever emergency situation you’ve found yourself in to require this external battery override solution.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
From inside sure, most cars have an override in the handle. It doesn’t change the lockout problem.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
From the outside it is with a key.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I have a Toyota where the electronic part of one door has completely failed. It still opens. You shouldn’t have to break out of your own car.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Yet.
Wrench@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My wife’s EV has a tiny key that comes out of the dongle, and has a tiny hidden keyhole under the handle.
I had to Google to find it, but it’s sufficient if power is out. It’s a mechanical lock mechanism like cars have had for a century. As it should be.