Isn’t the issue with Tesla doors that they are electrical and can like jam totally if battery loses power or catches fire and roasts the passengers alive? Like what Tesla engineers always knew, but it was implemented over mechanical doors because it looked cool and futuristic.
teslas have frameless windows in the doors, like subarus and some bmws. like bmws but unlike subarus, the windows retract a bit electronically when you open the door.
this is because while subaru windows just push in against a gasket on the body, tesla and bmw windows also push up into a recess in the gasket. this removes a lot more wind noise.
the difference is that bmws have a mechanical door handle with a sensor that lowers the window, while teslas have a button to open the door and drop the window, as well as a separate emergency release latch that’s purely mechanical and does not affect the window. meaning that if you pull the manual release and push hard on the door, the window gets stuck in the gasket and shatters. this can also happen in bmws but only if the 12V battery is flat.
to add insult to injury, the “open door” button on at least the model 3 is where the window controls would usually be, and the manual release is where a door handle usually is.
Isn’t the issue with Tesla doors that they are electrical and can like jam totally if battery loses power or catches fire and roasts the passengers alive? Like what Tesla engineers always knew, but it was implemented over mechanical doors because it looked cool and futuristic.
there are mechanical releases on the inside, but if you use them you risk breaking the windows.
except for the rear doors on the e and y. they don’t have mechanical releases at all.
and the rear release on the x is a wire below the seat rather than a lever on the door.
how is this shit legal in the eu? i thought we had safety standards
good question
Wait, what? Sorry, I’m not fancy enough to have any experience with these things, so I’m struggling to picture how exactly this would work… lol
teslas have frameless windows in the doors, like subarus and some bmws. like bmws but unlike subarus, the windows retract a bit electronically when you open the door.
this is because while subaru windows just push in against a gasket on the body, tesla and bmw windows also push up into a recess in the gasket. this removes a lot more wind noise.
the difference is that bmws have a mechanical door handle with a sensor that lowers the window, while teslas have a button to open the door and drop the window, as well as a separate emergency release latch that’s purely mechanical and does not affect the window. meaning that if you pull the manual release and push hard on the door, the window gets stuck in the gasket and shatters. this can also happen in bmws but only if the 12V battery is flat.
to add insult to injury, the “open door” button on at least the model 3 is where the window controls would usually be, and the manual release is where a door handle usually is.
Edit:
like so:
IIRC, that is internal internal (inside the door frame), not just inside the car internal
nope, fully just a lever on the door, below the armrest. if you’re my height it’s exactly where your outer-side hand lands when you sit down.