Open door While we continue to gather what we need for a Polestar and Volvo jump start video, we ran across the image below right. It is a somewhat familiar open door warning with added coloring, or lack thereof. Some late (~2025 and newer) models have rather pointlessly added seat coloring, or rather de-coloring, to …
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Lucid gets the Get Out page nod too
Get Out Just yesterday we updated our Get Out page with entries from Volvo and Polestar. Which prompted a very first look into what Lucid was up to with their locks and latches. Sure enough, they followed the trend essentially begun by Tesla with electronic locks and latches and flush handles that essentially require a …
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Volvo and Polestar models get added to our Get Out page, with a nod
Get Out page The spread of electronic latches are getting attention of late, as a result of issues with flush Tesla Model Y door handles. We’ve used this to tout our Get Out page and (hopefully) rattle some cages about the dangers of electronic latches the page addresses. And we now have two more entries …
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So the Kia Access app was but a free trial…
Kia Access The Kia Niro is plugged in for its ~weekly charge, which is an excuse to open the Kia Access app, at which point I come face to face with what is lost since the initial free trial ended. And I now know what it will cost to get some functionality back. Looking at …
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@NHTSA looking into Tesla door handles — now look into ALL electronic latches!!!
Electronic latches Just a week or so after finding that China is rumored to be considering a ban on electronic latches (door handles), particularly those that conceal themselves (flush handles), comes news from Reuters that the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) is investigating possible door handle issues in over 170,000 Tesla Model Ys. And …
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Polestar back-up open page now stands alone
Polestar back-up open We’ve created a new page so as to separate Volvo and Polestar. A Polestar back-up open page now stands alone. Back-up open and start procedures are made necessary to account for the batteries in key fobs dying, as they commonly do. This change, and the recent separation of the two brands back …
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Parker’s Mobile Mechanics (@ParkersMobile, #ParkersMobile) earns, and gets, this shout out
Parker’s Mobile Mechanics I ran across a video short on YouTube that I first thought was someone being staked but turned out to be from Parker’s Mobile Mechanics. And they actually did follow the woman. I’ll link the video below. It turns out that Parker’s Mobile Mechanics offers completely free mechanical service to folks that …
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