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Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by komali2 »

I just don't understand why people accept the sheer arrogance of the design of Tesla vehicles.

I don't need to worry about the programming of the computer controlling the door handle in a Honda civic - it's mechanical and will work in basically all circumstances excluding catastrophic mechanical damage - in which case there's 3 backups on the other doors or I'm crushed anyway and it's irrelevant. Meanwhile I hear story after story of various components on Teslas failing in all sorts of ridiculous circumstances - I recall cybertrucks having issues in car washes.

It's insanity.

Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by chasing0entropy »

komali2 wrote: post #2

I just don't understand why people accept the sheer arrogance of the design of Tesla vehicles. I don't need to worry about the programming of the computer controlling the door handle in a Honda civic - it's mechanical and will work in basically all circumstances excluding catastrophic mechanical damage - in which case there's 3 backups on the other doors or I'm crushed anyway and it's irrelevant. Meanwhile I hear sto…

Insanity indeed. Along the lines of trusting crucial business functions and general life philosophy to predictive text trained on the internet since no one remembers wow memes accurately proclaiming the true purpose of the internet.

A design group that refuses to use lasers or radar for navigation does not prioritize sound engineering of any type let alone worst case design planning.

Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by userbinator »

komali2 wrote: post #2

I just don't understand why people accept the sheer arrogance of the design of Tesla vehicles. I don't need to worry about the programming of the computer controlling the door handle in a Honda civic - it's mechanical and will work in basically all circumstances excluding catastrophic mechanical damage - in which case there's 3 backups on the other doors or I'm crushed anyway and it's irrelevant. Meanwhile I hear sto…

It's form over function.

That said, a lot of other newer cars already do not have the classic locking lever and handle arrangement.

Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by tanvach »

komali2 wrote: post #2

I just don't understand why people accept the sheer arrogance of the design of Tesla vehicles. I don't need to worry about the programming of the computer controlling the door handle in a Honda civic - it's mechanical and will work in basically all circumstances excluding catastrophic mechanical damage - in which case there's 3 backups on the other doors or I'm crushed anyway and it's irrelevant. Meanwhile I hear sto…

Bringing up the design flaws of my Model Y in any Tesla groups and I got endless amount of toxicity or aggressive responses. Theres a lot of fanboyism unfortunately. Reminds me of Apple during the Jobs era, but more insidious.

Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by pjbk »

komali2 wrote: post #2

I just don't understand why people accept the sheer arrogance of the design of Tesla vehicles. I don't need to worry about the programming of the computer controlling the door handle in a Honda civic - it's mechanical and will work in basically all circumstances excluding catastrophic mechanical damage - in which case there's 3 backups on the other doors or I'm crushed anyway and it's irrelevant. Meanwhile I hear sto…

Today I drove past a new Tesla Model Y, still with a temporary paper tag. As I was passing by I immediately noticed some pretty heavy water condensation inside one of the lateral tail braking lights. I just rolled my eyes.

Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by grogenaut »

Note, linked article has no details. This sublinked article has some https://www.newsweek.com/3-dead-after-tesla-cybertruck-crash...

It's completely unclear to me from this article if they failed to open because of computer control or mechanical damage. The car was on fire, I think, that's not exactly a trivial crash (though the 2nd article a fire chief says it didn't look like heavy damage to cause a fire) And they only got 1 of 4 out before the rest died? It doesn't take much to make a door hard to open or a lock fail to operate. They were also intoxicated.

What scares me, as a new volunteer fire/ems, with these is how prone to fire they are and how hard it is to stop the fire once thermal runaway has started. Especially when you are trying to pull someone out.

But as I said I have no idea from this article what happened, incredibly badly written. I'm not a fan of tesla but it almost feels like a 0 data hit piece. It's very hard to understand anything from this article.

Re: Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

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Post by t1E9mE7JTRjf »

grogenaut wrote: post #7

Note, linked article has no details. This sublinked article has some https://www.newsweek.com/3-dead-after-tesla-cybertruck-crash... It's completely unclear to me from this article if they failed to open because of computer control or mechanical damage. The car was on fire, I think, that's not exactly a trivial crash (though the 2nd article a fire chief says it didn't look like heavy damage to cause a fire) And they…

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