OT: Electric vehicles
- Thread starter BellyFullOfWhiteDogCrap
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Speed might be part of it, but making latched electrical seems risky to me.
Unrelated to problems getting out of the car, the biggest issue these days, IMO, is driver inattention, texting or otherwise engaging with devices instead of focusing on driving itself. I see driver inattention constantly, both when driving and when out walking the dog. And I keep seeing near misses of a variety that suggests inattention was at fault.
They can. But less likely to fail then a battery powered electrical latch. Very unlikely that all 4 would fail at once.
Yeah I see tons of people walking dogs with their heads in their phone. Not a big deal, but very emblematic of where we are.
I meant that I see drivers in their cars looking down at some device instead of having their eyes up, when I am driving or I am walking our dog.
But yeah, is also true that people also are fixated on their phones when out walking around. I’m less concerned about that because it largely only creates problems for the person walking. As opposed to distracted drivers who create deadly problems for everybody around them.
I think the article I posted suggests that the mechanical latch didn't release regardless of how the occupants tried to activate it. Meaning the mechanical portion was at fault, not the electronics to activate it. Which is why another forum member mentioned speed as a factor.
It points to a poor mechanical design with the door latches more than an electronics issues.
Looks like they don’t know yet…
“Authorities are now investigating the crash and looking into why the four other people inside the car weren’t able to escape the burning vehicle, reports Futurism. The site adds that the findings so far “implicate to some degree” the electric doors that Tesla fits to cars like the Model Y, which require emergency latches to open if the car has no power”
Nothing about the manual releases not working.
That’s right. It’s all speculation as to the cause.
However, it’s not speculation to want our cars to not fail to open in crashes where fires are involved. So whatever the cause, the engineers need to figure it out and ensure it cannot happen again. And, IIRC, Tesla cars have had other reported issues with not opening, as mentioned in the article.
True, there’s also a chance they just didn’t know how to open them which shouldn’t be an issue but is. The manual release is pretty obvious once you know it’s there on the Model 3 but I didn’t notice it until I accidentally pulled it two years into owning the car. The article says the back release on the model y is even more difficult to find.
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