Four dead in fire as Tesla doors fail to open after crash

I'm waiting for a new regulation that requires all EVs to have a sledgehammer in the passenger cabin.

How about a simple tiny safety hammer instead. The ones a lot of cars (at least here in the EU) are already outfitted with. As others have pointed out, any car should have such a hammer.

For a long time, I lived in an area with a lot of creeks and rivers. Since my first car with electric windows and locks, I keep something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Emergency-Cutter-Window-...

in the glove box or center console. Call me paranoid, but I don't trust the electronic system to work if my car is sinking.

Don’t Tesla gloves boxes require the touch screen to open?

I'd assume it doesn't do much with laminated (rear) windows. It would require way too much force to break them enough to crawl out.

Also, I've only seen those on busses, never in cars (I'm in the EU as well).