PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoTerrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crashwww.mirror.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square285fedilinkarrow-up1693arrow-down111
arrow-up1682arrow-down1external-linkTerrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crashwww.mirror.co.ukPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square285fedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·3 days agoTesla isn’t the only manufacturer of doors with frameless windows. They are the only ones I know of who have electric-only door latches. The computer can have the window cracked before the handle is fully pulled. And if it fails to do so, the door opens anyway. A better solution is a fucking window frame.
minus-squareshadow@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoMy car has frameless windows. But they don’t need the window to be in any particular place. Literally 100% up or down, and the door works fine. I don’t understand why they designed cars that have this problem. But yeah, framed windows work great too.
Tesla isn’t the only manufacturer of doors with frameless windows. They are the only ones I know of who have electric-only door latches.
The computer can have the window cracked before the handle is fully pulled. And if it fails to do so, the door opens anyway.
A better solution is a fucking window frame.
My car has frameless windows. But they don’t need the window to be in any particular place. Literally 100% up or down, and the door works fine. I don’t understand why they designed cars that have this problem.
But yeah, framed windows work great too.