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I wonder why the windows broke. I assume something got installed out of order during assembly. I wonder if any other cars have such backup systems to open the
by extraduder_ire 3y ago
I wonder why the windows broke. I assume something got installed out of order during assembly.
I wonder if any other cars have such backup systems to open the doors. That part about bypassing the rear doors' child lock could be quite useful on other vehicles.
- chmod775 3y ago> I wonder if any other cars have such backup systems to open the doors. Many cars don't need backup because the car doesn't need power in the first place to open the doors. The ID.4 is a comparable car that does: the emergency door opening engages if you yank the lever hard twice. No need to hunt for some switch in the interior of the car.
- helsinkiandrew 3y ago> The ID.4 is a comparable car that does: the emergency door opening engages if you yank the lever hard twice. No need to hunt for some switch in the interior of the car. That's a great design - gentle pull on the lever and the electronics opens the latch/door, pull harder and (your) mechanical effort opens the door.
- sklargh 3y agoThis probably the only intuitive human factors design element of my ID.4. I mean that literally.
- t_tsonev 3y agoWhile we're on the subject of Tesla, add the control stalks. Supposedly the Model 3 refresh will be dropping these.
- ilyt 3y agoMy Civic lever isn't all that hard to open. I believe the invention called "springs" allowed that to happen, no need for electronics.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoDoes that also bypass child locks on the rear doors? I'm interested in how the yank-twice thing works mechanically.
- wcoenen 3y agoIt's because to avoid damage, the frameless windows need to drop a few millimeter when the door is opened. This doesn't happen when the car has lost all power and the emergency manual door release is used.
- 9991 3y agoSounds like a bad design?
- Turskarama 3y agoSubarus have had frameless windows for decades and don't have this problem.
- expertentipp 3y agoI don't think Tesla invented frameless car windows. I'm certain there are at least 50 years old car models with purely mechanical frameless car windows, but I'm too lazy to open wikipedia.
- Turskarama 3y agoNobody claimed they invented frameless windows, but I am going to claim (without doing due diligence) that they invented the frameless window that must be automatically wound down before the door can be opened.
- expertentipp 3y agoI will furtherly speculate that they own at least dozen of patents for this technology.
- ilyt 3y agodecades implies any patent they had expired