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Re:Tesla's $25,000 Car Means Tossing Out the 100-Year-Old As... by SECProto on Thursday March 28, 2024 @11:17PM (#39860306)
I haven't had one so I can't directly weigh in, but up here, winter = physically pulling hard on door handles to get the seals to unstick. I can't imagine something like cybertruck (no handles at all) working in real winter.

I'm hopeful for Tesla to release their 25k car, and I'm really hoping for my car to last a couple years longer so I can get something from a different manufacturer that realizes some design standards have good reasons behind them.

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Re:Tesla's $25,000 Car Means Tossing Out the 100-Year-Old As... by dghlsakjg on Friday March 29, 2024 @10:26AM (#39864497)
The good news is that the panel gaps are big enough that you can get your hands in there to pull the door open!
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Re:Tesla's $25,000 Car Means Tossing Out the 100-Year-Old As... by vel0city on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:15AM (#39865071)
I've got a Mach E, it has similar "push the button and the door pops open a bit" style of opening. I had it outside during a sleet storm where it got a good layer of ice on it. I just pressed the button on the door and it managed to break the ice and open just fine.

The door openers can have a good bit of force behind them.

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