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China is banning hidden door handles on all cars sold in the country, becoming the first country in the world to target the feature – which was popularized by Tesla but has for years drawn concern over safety risks.

The feature has previously come under heavy scrutiny, both in China and elsewhere.

Last September, Tesla said it was looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency, after several accidents where passengers were reportedly killed or severely injured in burning vehicles because rescuers could not open them.

Other Tesla owners have reported having to break their own car windows after buckling their children in and then being unable to get in the car again, according to an investigation by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

An investigation by Bloomberg found 140 incidents of people being trapped in their Teslas due to problems with the door handles, including several that resulted in horrific injuries.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

This is why Tesla has been a mixed bag. They have made some smart choices and they have made some not so smart choices. Unfortunately, because they essentially are the EV market in America, all other companies looking to bring EVs to the market have copied Tesla in many ways, both the good and the bad. I think that's at least part of the reason why the EV market is suffering right now.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 45 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (4 children)

People shouldn't buy Tesla because a) their cars are garbage and dangerous, and b) the owner of the company is a Nazi. Have a good day, y'all!

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Wasn't Ford practically a Nazi, Volkswagen established by Nazis, Toyota incorporated during Japan's alliance with Nazi Germany?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As long as none of them are currently a Nazi, I'm fine with them.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure if you participate in the economy at all, your money is circulating through Nazi pockets & it's just a matter of looking hard enough. Any US taxpayer is definitely funding that Nazi.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Circulating is different from directly funding. That's like saying the air I breathe is also breathed by Nazis, compared to me giving mouth to mouth CPR to a Nazi. I'm not directly giving them money if I'm not buying their products.

Or could you elaborate how I'm missing something?

[–] duelistsage@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Yup, any price for garbage is too much

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

A.2, overpriced!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

a) their cars are garbage and dangerous, and b) the owner of the company is a Nazi.

also c) the owner is a pedophile who frequented Epstein Island.

Anyways, this will all be moot in a few years, Tesla is getting out of cars and shifting to robot butler sex robots.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Moot? b) and c) are surely timeless crimes.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Name one of their smart choices.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The plug they came up with, that eventually became the NAC standard. Technology Connections did a video about it, and he is no Tesla fan, I assure you of that.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah sure and TC isn’t right about everything. NACS currently doesn’t support (and hasn’t for years) 800v charging. CCS does. I can charge my ioniq 5 in 15 minutes up to 80%. This is like saying Tesla did self driving cars first, except they still don’t have it working properly, they’ve just been claiming so for a decade.

If your product is only good as a future, not yet implemented, version of itself, then it’s not a product and shouldn’t be bought. You’re selling future promises, rather than current status.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

But Teslas still work at only 400V, while the rest of the industry is up to 800V.

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I love the Audi e-tron. Feels sturdy like an audi, no stupid gimmicks like disappearing handles.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

But it's an AUDI, so it will fall apart 11 seconds after the lease is up.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago

Do you own one?

I test drove one (Bolt Drive rental lol) and it was honestly a bit less smooth on the road than my 2007 A6 Allroad. The performance was amazing (even though it was the lower power version I believe), but due to the hefty weight it seems the suspension is compromised. But since it wasn't brand new, I also don't know how good a shape it was in. IIRC it was on air suspension, so it should've been better than steel springs.

Buuuuut with the prices they have dropped down to, they're also god damn enticing these days! And 300 kilowatts is a ridiculous amount of power lol. The downside of course being that a brand new battery off Audi is twice the value of the car if it goes bad lol. But EV battery repair shops are starting to be a thing here, so that might make replacing single cells a very affordable option.