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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by userbinator on Sunday November 21, 2021 @07:18PM (#29301186)
doors refusing to open, or more scary, opening while driving.

I guess that's what happens when you have an entirely "software defined" car --- software bugs, because they're more common than hardware ones, can cause far more problems. Do Teslas have the two-stage latch that I thought was a mandatory safety feature?

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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by powerbroker on Sunday November 21, 2021 @08:52PM (#29301853)
After sitting through hundreds of pre-flight briefings on planes, that explain how to exit in an emergency (and given some briefings myself), I'm surprised that Tesla does a sloppy job of showing people how to open the doors of their car, when it is on fire.

Spoiler alert: the normal door handles don't open the doors.

Plot twist: the back doors have a completely different (and concealed) opening mechanism than the front doors.

Surprise ending: you have to teach the backseat people how to unlatch their doors, after you just trial-and-errored your way out the front door(s).

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