In case you thought cars would become safer as technology developed… rest assured, Tesla is finding newer and ever-dumber ways to make their cars dangerous to occupants (and others).

TL;DR: If you’re in a Tesla and it loses power (like in a fire), the only way to open the doors is often an unlabeled wire behind either two panels or a speaker grill. Tesla owners are DIYing janky rip cords to make that wire easier to pull to escape.

  • KayLeadfoot@fedia.ioOP
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    3 days ago

    Yeah, nah - it is well into the absurdly dangerous territory :j

    The front seat levers aren’t so bad (just unlabeled), the back seat levers are totally bananas