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There's really no way to get into the vehicle from the outside if the battery is dead? I find that hard to believe...

...okay, looks like there is a way but it's really convoluted and you need to basically jump-start the low voltage system (using either an ICE car or a battery pack). https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-3567D5F... That's really, really dumb.

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It's particularly telling that Tesla's design flaws are so inexcusable that people have a hard time even believing they are real.

Here's another example: https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-A7A60DC...

Yes, opening the rear door in some models requires popping an unlabeled access panel in the cargo pocket.

The craziest part to me is that this isn't the evil profit maximizing à la Unsafe at Any Speed. It's simply pure designer insanity.

This is actually their "upgraded" design, the original Model 3 had no rear mechanical release at all. Hidden or otherwise. None.

See the older manual here:

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/2017_2023_model3/en_us/GU...

> Only the front doors are equipped with a manual door release.

How was THAT legal? How was that ADA compliant?

I believe it's legal because rear doors have child safety locks so often can't be opened from the inside anyway. Although that doesn't cover opening it from the outside...

Wild. Door handles have been a solved problem for decades. Why do companies always have to go and fuck something up that's already working?

I guess I'm not surprised that only the vehicles made in China have the tiny concession to put a label on the access panel.

Now try doing that while the car is on fire with burning children inside

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/witness-of-triple-fatal-...

That's the correct entry in the manual: https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-A7A60DC...

That doesn't explain how to open the doors from the outside. The entry I linked does. (Indirectly.)

> okay, looks like there is a way but it's really convoluted and you need to basically jump-start the low voltage system

So what you're actually saying is, there really isn't a (sane) way after all.

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