ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoArizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, diedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkArizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, diedwww.theverge.comForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThat’s for if you’re inside, a mechanical access has to exist on the outside as well, no?
minus-squareDBNinja@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYou can also “jump” the car to open it via a 12V access port in the front.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYeah, doesn’t help much in case of actual emergency does it?
minus-squarecybersandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThen break the fucking window if it’s an actual emergency.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey did The child was safely removed from the car after firefighters used an ax to smash through a window
minus-squarecybersandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoI know. My response was to the previous comment. In a non Tesla, if someone is locked in a car, what happens? There isn’t some secret “let me in” button. You just break a window. This is a dumb story.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIf someone is locked in your car and you’re the owner you simply use the key and open the door, no need to break anything, except in a Tesla.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoNo. You just need to be able to exit without power. Getting back in mechanically isn’t a requirement. It should be, but it’s not.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoDamn, even fighter jets have an external override. They’re even labeled for rescue workers.
That’s for if you’re inside, a mechanical access has to exist on the outside as well, no?
You can also “jump” the car to open it via a 12V access port in the front.
Yeah, doesn’t help much in case of actual emergency does it?
Then break the fucking window if it’s an actual emergency.
They did
I know.
My response was to the previous comment.
In a non Tesla, if someone is locked in a car, what happens? There isn’t some secret “let me in” button. You just break a window. This is a dumb story.
If someone is locked in your car and you’re the owner you simply use the key and open the door, no need to break anything, except in a Tesla.
No. You just need to be able to exit without power. Getting back in mechanically isn’t a requirement.
It should be, but it’s not.
Damn, even fighter jets have an external override. They’re even labeled for rescue workers.