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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • So my point is that the story is only newsworthy because it’s Tesla. I think you’re arguing that it doesn’t happen in other cars because you can’t find news about it. I think we’re arguing the same point. It could be happening in other cars, but it isn’t newsworthy.

    30,000 people die in America every year because of cars, but we don’t see 30,000 news articles about it.

    What would make a Tesla more dangerous than say a 2008 Corvette that has the manual release conveniently placed on the floor?

    Here’s a photo from a forum where someone suggests a way to cover the label because they don’t like the look.



  • Because this keeps coming up:

    Electronic door latches are not a Tesla invention. They are featured in many vehicles. They’re considered a luxury item and presumably some people like them over a mechanical latch.

    All Teslas have a mechanical override. In the 3 and Y it’s very obvious in the front seat (so obvious that some of my passengers instinctively use it over the electronic latch. Doing so repeatedly can damage the weather stripping). The back seat has no override (that I know of).

    It’s less obvious (but still present) in the S and X.

    Take from that what you will, but this is only a story because it’s Tesla.













  • Ah. My only suggestion then would be to reduce the likelihood of errors by just combining each pair of black wires with its yellow wire, so it’s one continuous wire. It could still follow the same route and keep your main section less crowded, but there’d be fewer connections to worry about. And you could hold them there with little jumpers like you did in the top right section.