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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ericpauley 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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Someone1234 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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?

	▲	amaranth 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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...

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ryandrake 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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?

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jerlam 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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joeconway 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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-...

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hanikesn 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

	▲	Ajedi32 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That doesn't explain how to open the doors from the outside. The entry I linked does. (Indirectly.)

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ComputerGuru 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> 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.