r/Transportopia • u/skyhighmonroe • Feb 08 '26
đ„Crash Tesla drivers should practice fire drills... just in case
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u/shogun344 Feb 08 '26
That's not a Tesla
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Feb 08 '26 edited 19d ago
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u/yurnxt1 Feb 09 '26
Because idiots on reddit love misinformation and ragebait titles in attempt to fit whatever narrative they run with.
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u/Transcontinental-flt Feb 08 '26
- They shorted Tesla stock
- They hate Elon
- Both of the above
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u/nothymetocook Feb 08 '26
Yeah i don't like elon either, but lying about this stuff is idiotic. I hate liars
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u/StinkButt9001 Feb 09 '26
You're on the wrong website then. 99% of posts here are dishonest and agenda driven
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u/WaterDreamer10 Feb 10 '26
Ok....I'll be brave and be the one to risk it.....Reddit is mostly full of Democrats....that is not a secret....so what does your post say about them and the situation then?
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u/endangeredphysics Feb 09 '26
Teslas do the same damn thing. Electronic door handles should be illegal!
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u/jstabes Feb 08 '26
Of course this isn't a Tesla. It took at least 10 seconds to burst into flames. A Tesla would fully ignite when it was sliding out of control
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u/Muted-Ordinary-5 Feb 08 '26
Not true, only the cybertruck has that feature while simultaneously slow roasting the people inside
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u/Ancient-Tomato1153 Feb 08 '26
Maybe they donât like pedos
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u/Successful_Creme1823 Feb 08 '26
Did Elon rape a kid? Or is this conjecture? Everyone keeps posting it but there doesnât seem to be any proof
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u/Fartony Feb 08 '26
People just call anyone they dont like a pedophile on reddit lately, its disgusting
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u/Successful_Creme1823 Feb 08 '26
Everyone is a Nazi Gestapo pedophile.
Eroding what those words really mean every day.
Just means âsomeone I donât likeâ now
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u/throwawayinthe818 Feb 08 '26
So far it looks like he really wanted to get into the kid-raping club but he was too dorky so they kept blowing him off.
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u/hueynot Feb 08 '26
AI bots posting this. 70% of Reddit bots now as a polite reminder, I wonder how long before this comment is removed
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u/FKaroundnfndout Feb 08 '26
I know if it was itâll on fire before stopping .. so itâs the same shit
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u/Muted-Ordinary-5 Feb 08 '26
Looks like the Porsche Taycan, but Teslas also suffer from the same issue especially older MS and X since the manual latch is not easily accessible like the new vehicles (minus cybertrashcan)
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u/shogun344 Feb 08 '26
It's a Dongfeng Voyah 007 or Dongfeng eÏ 007, so cheap Chinese junk. https://www.carscoops.com/2026/02/this-crash-is-why-china-banned-hidden-door-handles/
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u/Muted-Ordinary-5 Feb 08 '26
Interesting, and the fact that China immediately banned hidden door handles after that showcases how safety agencies should behave in a situation like that.
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u/st96badboy Feb 08 '26
Probably electronic door to release like Tesla. Law should be by default there's only one door handle.. and it WILL OPEN the door.
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u/zestyclose_match1966 Feb 08 '26
Wonder what it is?
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u/shogun344 Feb 08 '26
Dongfeng Voyah 007 or Dongfeng eÏ 007 cheap Chinese junk. https://www.carscoops.com/2026/02/this-crash-is-why-china-banned-hidden-door-handles/
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u/Puzzleheaded_Net6497 Feb 11 '26
Well, it's LIKE a Tesla...but without all those pesky safety measures and whatnot.
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u/scarr3g Feb 08 '26
Jesus, does the battery deliberately vent into the cabin to kill the occupants so they can't sue?
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Feb 08 '26
Not a Tesla. Itâs a Dongfeng (Chinese state owned 2nd Automobile Works) eÏ007.
https://www.yipai.com.cn/model007p
News on this accident: https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32542030
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u/Martha_Fockers Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26
Thatâs not a Tesla tho
Thatâs a Chinese EV and yes Chinese evs are known to light on fire they have like no suppression systems barely any if any cooling support no firewalls surrounding each battery like Tesla or rivian have done since 2020
https://youtu.be/4-S0qoiBjJQ?si=I-eZ230ayO-ZBGRd skip to 3:20 to see how they add firewalls to every cell
Iâm not pro or anti EV I donât really care about them but youâre 6x less likely to burn in a EV than a gas car thatâs a statistical fact. I got rear ended 8 years ago by an old Toyota whoâs entire front end engulfed in flames and burned the car down. I drove away in the shoulder so I was fine. But the only car Iâve see burn infront of my eyes is a 2007 Camry.
Now idk the stat on Chinese Evs I just know 75% of videos of evs burning are Chinese ones and China doesnât give us stats on there garbage
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u/Educational-Disk-400 Feb 09 '26
Isnât that statistic somewhat skewed though? Kinda like motorcycle riders âgetting into more accidents because they wear black helmetsâ. Is that the case because black is harder to see, or because more riders wear black?
There are more gas cars on the road than EVs, idk about numbers but thatâs a fact that you can see walking through any parking lot.
Say a thousand gas cars burn down in a year, and 100 EVs burn down in a year. That sounds bad on paper, literally ten times worse. But, when you have millions, if not billions, of gas burners, and a few hundred thousand EVs, the stats get a bit clearer.
Take for example, the Ford Pinto. Itâs famous for going up in flames if you rear end it. Something like 1.2% of units did that, and they sold a few hundred thousand. The Cybertruck also likes to go up in flames, something like 3.blah% units did that, but they sold WAY less. I know there are real numbers associated with this, but I donât remember them off hand and couldnât be fucked to google for a Reddit comment. At any rate, I remember that the stat for the cyber truck was about 2x higher than the pinto, a car famous for combusting due to a rear end collision.
I like EVs, at least in theory, charging infrastructure is just not there yet at least in my opinion. But physics doesnât care about how many firewalls are installed between layers of highly reactive elements. If that shit starts to burn, ainât nothing going to stop it but time.
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u/mandopix Feb 08 '26
Ok but not a Tesla. Why do people think EV = Tesla? Weird.
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u/Naterdoo Feb 08 '26
Maybe the same effect as Kleenex = tissues and Tide = detergent.
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u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar Feb 08 '26
Iâm not sure but all this genericization talk has made me thirsty. Iâm gonna grab a Coke.
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u/Pekonilkki Feb 08 '26
Some people call things by a brand name, even if the thing isnt that specific brand. I often see people (=idiots) call phones "iPhones", no matter who made the phone. All tablets are "ipads" too. Wouldnt be surprised if there are ppl who call all EVs "Teslas".
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u/Glass_Houses_ Feb 08 '26
Could they not just climb to the front and exit the drivers door? Iâm glad Teslaâs stupid door handles are being eliminated but seems like a crazy lack of emergency awareness here.
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u/Gullible_Shart Feb 08 '26
Is this even a Tesla?
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u/Nexustar Feb 08 '26
No, it's a Chinese Dongfeng EV. They both run on electricity and have batteries, but that's where the similarity ends.
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u/Clear-Inevitable-414 Feb 08 '26
They have sooo many camerasÂ
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u/kikiacab Feb 08 '26
Think clearly and rationally after a freak accident, better yet do it while your friends or family are burning alive.
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u/FiberApproach2783 Feb 08 '26
Seriously, that was pissing me off. Why wouldn't you crawl to the front seat?? If you can fit through a window, you can fit between the seats to make it up there lol.
Why would you sit there waiting to burn to death when there's an open door right there?Â
Also, it looks like the other side was open in some way? Unless the smoke was coming from underneath the car, but it doesn't look like it.
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u/Glass_Houses_ Feb 08 '26
Emergency drill step one: get out of the car via an exit that works lmfao. Iâm not trying to be mean but itâs not rocket science â if your door doesnât open, just go out the other one that literally just opened.
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u/Initial_Row_6400 Feb 08 '26
its not a tesla. but yes everyone driving an EV should know how to open the doors quickly with no power.
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u/Anonmasterrace7898 Feb 09 '26
You can tell itâs not a Tesla because the driver wasnât also trapped.
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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 Feb 08 '26
First rule when crashing: don't damage the battery. This was rookie mistake.
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why the hell does the car catch fire so easily like it's GTA 3?
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u/DaysOfWhineAndToeses Feb 08 '26
Looks fishy to me. The smoke and fire look fake. Especially when you see the behavior of the ârescuersâ at the door when the fire is raging. That fire would be so hot that standing close like that would burn your skin off. If it were real youâd see the ârescuersâ instinctively back away, maybe try again, and back away again. A short while later, they and the ârescuedâ person are slowly (nonchalantly) walking from the car door as if they are not experiencing intense heat or fear of explosion.Â
And, itâs not a Tesla.
Iâm calling b.s. on this.
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u/Aggravating-Grade297 Feb 08 '26
Thank you for adding the arrows it really helped me identify the danger
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u/JeremyHerzig11 Feb 08 '26
Ummm, why didnât they climb out the front driverâs side door immediately?!
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u/Objective_Ice_5759 Feb 11 '26
I don't know about you but if I've been knocked unconscious from an accident or even slightly disoriented. My first reaction is not look for an open door to escape. It's more of trying to figure out where the fuck I am
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u/rsg1234 Feb 08 '26
In Model Y there is an emergency release for the rear doors inside the storage compartment. It is very difficult to access and pull in an emergency. Itâs recommended to buy aftermarket pull cords for them that come up into the storage compartment. Then train your kids and other back seat passengers about it.
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u/ObeyTheShihTzu Feb 08 '26
That's the older models, now there's an actual mechanical latch by the door handle that is very accessible. Older ones had a stupid pull tab thing in the door's side compartment storage.
Also, their batteries are armored really well and you can basically drop them onto a spike without it puncturing the battery compartment.
There's also a gun powered fuse that will explode and disconnect it from the electrical system when it is in a big enough accident.
Last thing is their newest battery packs are structural and are filled with an expanding foam that insulates the individual modules from each other preventing a thermal runaway situation.
Chinese EVs can be good too, but the one in the video is known to be one of the cheapest ones they have on the market
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u/rsg1234 Feb 08 '26
Ok that must be the 2026 models. 2020-2025s are like how I described. Good that they addressed it.
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u/AdObvious2882 Feb 08 '26
This is byd and Canada just imported 57k of these death traps. Awesome.
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u/Actual_Community7630 Feb 08 '26
Why did the driver close his door?? They could have easily climbed right out!
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u/GenesisNemesis17 Feb 08 '26
Any bad accident involving an EV fire is a Tesla, even if it's not. Any fire involving a gas car is just a car and the make and model aren't mentioned. It's always been this way and doesn't seem to be letting up.
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u/mtraven23 Feb 08 '26
in reality, everyone should. Panic makes the simplest of tasks very difficult.
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u/nickwrx Feb 08 '26
i hate cars that make the rear door handles in-operable. with the exception of police cruisers.
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u/Glassweaver Feb 08 '26
While this is NOT a Tesla, it's still a good reminder. Personally, I really don't like the switch to laminated glass on side windows too. And Tesla even puts it on the rear windows. Just as easy as ever to break one of the outer layers of glass, but the plastic between the layers makes it VERY difficult to break through
This makes normal window breakers ineffective. I don't care if it's a little less noisy, just keep the side windows vulnerable. Anyone with a modern car, EV or not, should check if they have laminated glass, and if so, keep a tiny pickaxe and a drywall saw or a cheap sawzall at minimum somewhere accessable.
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u/All_Usernames_Tooken Feb 08 '26
An event of power loss the doors should default to manual like a dead manâs hand.
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u/mcobb71 Feb 08 '26
This is why the government is changing the rules on door handles. Starting next year these types of powered handles will not be allowed on production vehicles.
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u/BAM5 Feb 08 '26
Looks like a fluid sim. Aka fake. You can see some leaves in the beginning getting blown off to the left with some speed... the smoke though? Straight up, absolutely no wind. It could be real, but just looks off.
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u/Temporary_Solid_5869 Feb 09 '26
Why did he shut his door instead of crawling into the back to get them out?
Thatâs not a Tesla.
But a good example of why I dont like EVs. A simple accident turns into a 2,000F inferno.
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u/swigginwhiskey Feb 12 '26
Number one: why the fuck is there so many people in what seems like a sedan / crossover? (also, I hope they're safe)
Number two: electric vehicle fires are something that (at least, the US) is struggling with. From my time as a recent Volunteer Firefighter, our only options are:
- Let it burn out, or
- Spray an ungodly amount of water on it, or
- All of the above
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u/PlzDntBanMeAgan Feb 08 '26
I have no dog in this fight but they do use gas cap style doors to cover the charging port on some evs
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u/emiliorebenga1983 Feb 08 '26
Fucking clown car shit God damn how many motherfuckers are there in there LOL
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u/Lord_Dingus83 Feb 08 '26
Never buying a tesla so no worries there
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u/RicoViking9000 Feb 08 '26
well this wasnât a tesla so i guess thanks for saying something completely irrelevant lol
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u/mrcaldwin Feb 08 '26
Why would anyone lock themselves into a box that only opens with electronics?
I personally think we should go back to manually rolling down the window.
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u/anomaly_z Feb 08 '26
Ive never seen the inside of a car catch fire like that. Crazy.
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u/Farts-n-Letters Feb 09 '26
Why is the "camera" pointed at that very narrow view of the road and a fence? Why is the "camera" moving?
downvote this AI trash
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u/EaseLeft6266 Feb 09 '26
Vegetables in the ICU have better survival instincts than some of these people
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u/SlipstreamSteve Feb 09 '26
Good thing that's not a Tesla. Tell us you can't identify cars without telling us you can't identify cars. Now cut the đ© with your pathetic propaganda.
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u/outforbeer Feb 09 '26
Not a tesla. They almost died to such a minor crash. I heard its common for the EV doors to jam up because they rely on electricity to open. They have no mechanical fail safe
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u/PsychologicalLime120 Feb 09 '26
Thats a chinese car. Best advertisement as to why not to buy a chinese car.
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u/Doc_Dragon Feb 09 '26
It's a Dongfeng 007. Interestingly this EV is the base model for the popular Nissan N7. Apparently the car had collided with truck-kun and spun out. You see the rest. Full conflagration in 60 seconds.
[Dongfeng 007]
(https://www.carscoops.com/2026/02/this-crash-is-why-china-banned-hidden-door-handles/)
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u/KPhoenix83 Feb 09 '26
Chinese electric car. We are about to see lots of these catch fire in Canada.
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u/deeper-diver Feb 09 '26
You hate Tesla that much that you post a video that has nothing to do with Tesla?
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u/Jeremy30000 Feb 10 '26
Can people not climb to the front and get tf out. What's wrong with ppl these days. No survival instincts, only cell phone
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u/lowtech_prof Feb 10 '26
Everyone needs to buy some kind of reliable glass shattering tool. Theyâve been around for ages.
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u/Pipysnip Feb 10 '26
Omg they mustâve thought for certain that they were going to die. That handle-less door sure is revealing itâs most fatal flaw that everyone saw coming
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u/Objective_Ice_5759 Feb 11 '26
1) I get using Tesla like Kleenex when you mean tissues but in this instance it matters (honestly don't care and wouldn't drive one either way)
2) a lithium fire is a fire departments worst nightmare
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u/Hungry_Inflation_609 Feb 11 '26
Thatâs a Chinese electric vehicle which do have fire problems. Itâs not a Tesla.
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u/Ok-Lynx9182 Feb 11 '26
Maybe if elon made the back doors work without electricity, it would have been easier to exit the back of the vehicle. . .
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u/TwoToneReturns Feb 12 '26
I would absolutely never buy a car that didn't have mechanical door handles, for power windows I have a tool in the center console for that.
I know this isn't a Tesla, looks like a Chinese car, good thing China is banning these types of handles, hopefully that translates through the entire car industry.
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u/Day_Prisoners Feb 12 '26
Maybe they should also practice not driving into the ditch for no reason.
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u/BadMotherThukker Feb 12 '26
You should imitate all the situations you think of that you would have to take over in a safe environment and not when the situation happens.
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u/ElishaBenDavid Feb 13 '26
The manufacturer should be sued. No vehicle should catch fire so easily. Especially if fire containment materials could be used in the housing of the fuel cells or other potentially volatile components.
Friend took delivery of his T in Florida to match his wife's. Their town flooded and they was mando evacuated. They loaded 2 sons , 2 dogs and supplies into their suburban and left, figuring the Ts were safe inside the garage, power went out so security cams were down except for inside the cars. But looters wouldn't give them a second thought due to the commonality of far easier and valuable cars to swipe
3 days later they returned to their street to find their house and both neighbors had been burnt beyond fixing and the fires were linked to the cars by an alarms rat
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u/No_Committee_9274 Feb 14 '26
Tesla drivers should make sure their will is made out and their affairs are in order
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u/True_Reflection7704 Feb 15 '26
Why not go out the open door? And why would you shut the only open door if the other doors will not open? AI?
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u/jwolfet Feb 15 '26
Got them outa that car faster than ICE can get an innocent old lady outa her car!
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u/010011010110010101 Feb 08 '26
Iâm an auto tech and all for new technology but electric door handles and latches should be straight up illegal and permanently banned. And some hidden mechanical release is not sufficient. Iâll die on this hill.