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

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:

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

How was THAT legal? How was that ADA compliant?

	▲	amaranth 11 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...

ryandrake 12 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?

jerlam 11 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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