Tesla has been studying the issue for too long. Officials announce ban on popular Tesla feature linked to over a dozen deaths: 'You're in a box that's on fire and you can't get out'
Retractable door handles have become a defining design feature of modern electric vehicles, especially those made by Tesla. According to Mashable, the handles are at the center of new safety restrictions after being linked to fatal accidents. The design can make it difficult for drivers or first responders to open doors during emergency situations.
Just use normal, boring door handles that work in an emergency. Because there WILL be an emergency.
"Cool" isn't good design, not if it comes at the expense of safety. At least 15 deaths were tied to Tesla doors that failed to open after a crash.
"You're in a box that's on fire and you can't get out," Kevin Clouse, who was trapped in his Model 3 following a 2023 crash in Georgia, told Bloomberg.
And yes, there are manual releases from INSIDE the car. They are not easy to find, and it assumes that people inside the car are conscious, and thinking clearly, which may or may not be the case after a car crash.
In many cars today, if the airbags ever deploy, the ignition shuts off, and the doors unlock. In a Tesla the power shuts off, meaning that the doors become inoperable.
Then there is the self-driving system.
Tesla's reported safety issues aren't limited to door handles. U.S. regulators opened an investigation into the company's Full Self-Driving system after at least 736 crashes and 17 fatalities since its creation.
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