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

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210 points json_bourne_ | 2 comments | 16 Nov 24 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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formerly_proven ◴[16 Nov 24 19:39 UTC] No.42158649[source]▶
> Not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors.

Yikes. Makes me wonder if this is market-dependent. I mean, do you expect "Emergency manual door release" to be a line item in Tesla's configurator? Didn't think so.

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Schiendelman ◴[17 Nov 24 05:00 UTC] No.42162088[source]▶
This is US law. You can't have a child usable manual emergency release on the doors where you might have child lock enabled.
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1. rightbyte ◴[17 Nov 24 10:56 UTC] No.42163387[source]▶
You could have the manual release just not do anything when child lock is enabled like on every other car with child locks.

Then again, there should be a manual release on the outside too...

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2. Schiendelman ◴[17 Nov 24 23:11 UTC] No.42168185[source]▶
When the car loses power, the outside manual release does enable.