Cybertruck crash report says witness could not open door to save victims
Three college students were killed in the November collision in Piedmont.
While the report does not conclude the stuck doors were the reason the students could not be saved, it introduces a potential technical issue that car engineering experts have previously warned as a safety risk.
But he noted that there have been published reports in the past few years of people who died inside Tesla vehicles because they couldn’t exit a damaged car or because bystanders could not open the doors.
The main issue is that the doors of a Tesla, as well as those of some other manufacturers’ electric vehicles, rely on electronic power “to disengage electronic latches,” the Detroit engineer said. The electronic design schemes rely on the car maintaining power to open the door instead of a simple mechanical latch.
On the Cybertruck, this entry-and-exit issue may be worse, as there are emergency pull cords in “obscure locations which often require rear seat passengers to remove door paneling to access,” Cook said in an email. This mechanism is described in the owner’s manual of both the Cybertruck and the Model Y vehicles.
“If vehicle power was lost, I am not sure how the Cybertruck doors can be actuated from outside of the vehicle. My suspicion is that they cannot,” Cook said.
Tesla was removed from a major auto show this week after its organizers were worried about the safety of attendees and other presenters, as the automaker grapples with protests and violent acts.
The Vancouver International Auto Show, which begins on Wednesday and ends on Sunday, made the announcement Tuesday. More than 129,000 people attended the auto show last year.
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It would have been better to let them attend and then watch the clown show of a completely empty booth.
Nah, why should a car show have to worry about extra security, threats of violence etc because one company has a CEO more evil than Snidely Whiplash? Missing out on their decade old cars and refrigerator styled dumpster bin from the show isn't going to be a loss for anyone.
Cybertruck crash report says witness could not open door to save victims
Three college students were killed in the November collision in Piedmont.
While the report does not conclude the stuck doors were the reason the students could not be saved, it introduces a potential technical issue that car engineering experts have previously warned as a safety risk.
But he noted that there have been published reports in the past few years of people who died inside Tesla vehicles because they couldn’t exit a damaged car or because bystanders could not open the doors.
The main issue is that the doors of a Tesla, as well as those of some other manufacturers’ electric vehicles, rely on electronic power “to disengage electronic latches,” the Detroit engineer said. The electronic design schemes rely on the car maintaining power to open the door instead of a simple mechanical latch.
On the Cybertruck, this entry-and-exit issue may be worse, as there are emergency pull cords in “obscure locations which often require rear seat passengers to remove door paneling to access,” Cook said in an email. This mechanism is described in the owner’s manual of both the Cybertruck and the Model Y vehicles.
“If vehicle power was lost, I am not sure how the Cybertruck doors can be actuated from outside of the vehicle. My suspicion is that they cannot,” Cook said.
Activists sprayed paint on the exterior of a Tesla dealership in Montreal on Wednesday, as cases of vandalism climb in the United States and around the world against Elon Musk's electric car company.
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No matter how bad Musk is, this vandalization is wrong and criminal. Imagine an alternate universe where Musk was a force for all things good and people vandalized Teslas because he is too 'woke' and was jeopardizing their jobs with all his green-tech. Would you still be laughing?
This only serves as ammunition for Trump, Musk, and their supporters to double down on the 'radical left'.
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It's probably not helpful, but it's understandable. People are losing their jobs, their social security is threatened and their democracy is being gutted and shutdown by an unelected demagogue. They are taking action in the way they see as visible, specifically targeted, and probably cathartic. They don't feel they have power in any other way, so this is what happens.
So while vandalism is absolutely criminal, so is what Musk is doing. Unfortunately only one side will ever be punished. And that will lead to more.
No matter how bad Musk is, this vandalization is wrong and criminal. Imagine an alternate universe where Musk was a force for all things good and people vandalized Teslas because he is too 'woke' and was jeopardizing their jobs with all his green-tech. Would you still be laughing?
This only serves as ammunition for Trump, Musk, and their supporters to double down on the 'radical left'.
