Emergency manual door overrides. After posting about the good and the bad about interior emergency manual door overrides, we’ve now put them in video format and posted to our YouTube channel. The first, available here, discusses the top (or bottom) five worst and most dangerous emergency escape plans ever conceived by auto manufacturers. Given that …
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Best automotive back-up interior door releases
Back-up door releases. There are two types of back-up interior door releases that we find acceptable for use in the event of a power failure, circumventing the then useless electronic door locks and latches, and truly only one that get it right. These are also known as a manual door release or a manual override. …
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Five worst back-up automotive mechanical door releases to find and use
Mechanical door releases. Vehicles with electronic locks and latches lead to the requirement of back-up mechanical door releases, particularly to let occupants out in the event of a power failure or worse. These are also known as a manual door release or a manual override. Electric vehicles (EVs) are often blamed for the use and …
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China recalls EVs over electronic door handles, ignoring non-EVs
Electronic door handles. On an issue we’ve harped on since 2015, China recently announced a recall of millions of electric vehicles (EVs), from foreign to domestic car makers, to have interior mechanical door handle releases replaced so that they stand out. This is in fact great news, and was reported by InsideEVs. But it forgets …
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New Tesla crash while on AutoPilot suggests 3rd party oversight needed
AutoPilot. A new Tesla crash with AutoPilot engaged has headlines screaming coast to coast and perhaps further. Video shows the vehicle racing down a side street and slamming into a brick home. Sadly, a resident in the home was killed. Data is fed to Tesla in real time and the company made a rare acknowledgement …
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“Self” self driving
Self driving. Back only a week or so, I did a piece discussing the “wonder” that Tesla AutoPilot users attribute on X to the software, that it saved their lives here or saved a pedestrian there etc. Each of these comments would be accompanied by video proof. Each time it felt as though each of …
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Yes, the Roadster flies!
It flies… If you missed the Tesla Roadster rebirth, check it out here. The video is 16 rather tedious minutes so skip to the last two. Its more than a little insane, is not and will likely never be street legal and difficult to know what the point is, other than another vanity project for …
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