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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which... feels pretty dangerous, like that's the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 57 points 17 hours ago (18 children)

How is this legal? Who let these vehicles on the road?

[–] WanderingThoughts 8 points 12 hours ago

Regulators figured nobody would be stupid enough to mess that up and no paragraphs are needed to make things explicit. Then came Elon who thought that technically correct is the best kind of correct so he made this abomination of a manual release.

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