Ever since reading this story I decided I wasn't buying a Tesla: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68622898

Just so stupid, how many unnecessary deaths in Teslas have there been because of the overengineered crap door handles? Really tragic and pointless.

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bangaladore 10 hours ago | parent [-]

She was highly intoxicated and driving under the influence, reversed the car into a pond and died because of it. Whether or not the doors contributed to her death is a guess at best. When a car is submerged, you aren't able to open a door generally due to the weight of the water pushing in on the car. That car has a completely standard gear stalk as well, so blaming it on that make no sense.

I don't have sympathy for those who DWI. Luckily, she didn't kill anyone else.

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fullshark 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

She drowned in a glass coffin surrounded by her loved ones unable to figure out how to get her out. You are able to open a normal car door when the interior is fully submerged due to the water pressure equalizing. It's very clear to me she would have survived with normal door handles and your "anyone who DWIs deserves to die and doesn't receive sympathy cause I worship Elon Musk/Tesla" position is truly contemptible.

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bangaladore 9 hours ago | parent [-]

See the issue is you don't know the facts of this case, and call anyone who disagrees with you "worshiping Elon Musk"

This car (2020 MX) had a normal mechanical door handle that works perfectly fine without electrical power. She was highly intoxicated and couldn't figure that out.

Her death was caused by herself and only herself. She was too intoxicated to understand how to open the door while it was submerging. If she attempted to open the door as it was submerged, it would have opened fine.

Please research the case before spewing ad hominin attacks.

	▲	fullshark 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fair enough, people have died in other submerged vehicles before, this isn't unique to Tesla and I do not know enough about the exact details of how this model performs submerged, or confounding factors like the temperature of the water and her actions while panicking. I retract my claim.