i can’t believe this is real
not the source for the screen cap but here's a WSJ article (sans paywall)
Per previous tags--
In this model of Tesla, apparently—get this—according to the Tesla manual, you do it on a touchscreen.
Did a human being just die because of swiping the wrong way?
...And then, when you're in the water and the car's power systems (which operate the doors, because of course they do) have all gone down, how do you get out?
You partially disassemble the door and pull out one specific wire. The image via Warren Terra at Bluesky.)
...I don't know about the rest of you, but I am never getting into one of these alleged vehicles. Ever.
...you know, we've been saying that these things are deathtraps, but holy SHIT
I feel compelled to point out that the diagram above is for the back door. I still don't know where to find the wire to open the front doors.
This is why anyone who actually works in tech (being a tech ceo does not count as working) is wary at best about making things "smarter". The failure mode for a computerized mechanism should be functioning as a non-computerized mechanism, but very often the failure mode for a fully-smart device is undefined behaviour that the manufacturer doesn't intend for you to ever see. And that means there's no recourse in situations like this.
