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New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds (www.wired.com)
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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 49 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Is this because the door handle is some complicated electronic mechanism rather than a latch? Gee who could have possibly predicted that would be a problem.

My neighbour has a Tesla and last year I had great fun watching her trying to defrost her car enough to get the door handle to even come out.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

If the door handle is frozen, the whole car is probably frozen.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have had to put quite a bit of force into a car door to get it to open on many an occasion. (Ice is a bitch) A normal door handle just works, stop trying to fix it!

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but in those cases you actually can get a grip to pull on.

Unlike those hidden handles.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate the little flip up style handle on my car, known for its winter capability, which regularly freezes enough that you're afraid it'll break if you pull any harder

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I have broken off one of the door handles on my car.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I think it's mostly because of this: https://evseekers.com/why-do-tesla-windows-go-down-when-opening-door/ (Looks like AI slop but it does explain what I think it's needed for)

Many modern car doors do not have a frame around the top of the window. So to not damage the window or seal in the door frame, they temporary lower it a bit using electricity. I'm sure Tesla would be incompetent enough to make it so there's no decent way to do it without this feature.