Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three

sfist.com Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three

The Highway Patrol’s investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.

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Testimony reveals doors would not open on Cybertruck that caught fire in Piedmont, killing three

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My wife wanted to go into the tesla tunnels in Vegas. I told her no way. If one of those randomly caught fire we'd be toast. No getting out of it.
- I saw those tunnels for the first time. I’d originally thought they were proper tunnels that you normally drive through in cities or the occasional mountain.
  Nope.
  They’re hamster tubes. Saw how claustrophobic they were and didn’t see any means of emergency escape. Hell no, would not enter.
  
  That part really confused me with her wanting to go in them. She is very claustrophobic. She can barely stand small tunnels where the exit is behind a slight curve. So, even if she had insisted, I really dount she would have been able to get in the car without a breakdown
- Lol absolutely not!

At this point if you drive a cybertruck you should have a Crowbar in reach
- ...to shove up your fucking ass.
  
  Don’t threaten them with a good time
- A crowbar has a better and more iconic design than a cybertruck.
- I thought the glass was going to be unbearable or something.
  
  Nah, just the owners.
  
  That’s a good typo. But yeah I thought musk was saying the glass was bulletproof. Maybe he should be carrying that glass around on his shoulders instead of his poorly raised child.
- if you're a typical cybertruck owner, it's in the shop or you're waiting for service, and you're driving your absolutely necessary backup car.

when are they making these things part of the white house motorcade?
- Oh my gosh the conspiracy theories would be so much if Trump died because a Tesla caught fire with him inside.
- I bet you will see this within one month. Maybe even sooner.

In the world of Elon Musk, that counts as a successful road test.
- Move fast and kill people. How brave of him.
- $10 says he tries to charge the family for "crematorium services rendered".
- *roast test
  
  Can't have Bobby Kennedy going hungry, now can we?

Holy fuck that’s awful
- Par for the course at this point. If you buy a Tesla of any sort. If anything happens to your vehicle where you need a quick escape. You're as good as dead.

Some important corrections:
The doors did not open from the outside, presumably because they were locked
The hero who tried to rescue the people inside was hitting the window with a tree branch, but the windows didn't crack until after over a dozen swings
The article says nothing about opening the doors from the inside; if you are ever in that situation, cybertrucks have a manual release under the rubber mat of the "map pocket" in the doors (source)
- under the rubber mat of the "map pocket" in the doors
  That sounds like a real shit place to try finding in a smoke and fire filled car. That thing needs a recall and crushed into cybercubes.
- manual release
  Also known as the same fucking handle you use every day in every other make of car.
  Who lets this shit be sold?
- Every sane vehicle with electric locks unlocks automatically after a crash.
- Some important corrections
  Corrections to what? Does the article get any of these points wrong?
  The article says nothing about opening the doors from the inside; if you are ever in that situation, cybertrucks have a manual release under the rubber mat of the "map pocket" in the doors (source)
  That's an irresponsible, deadly, anti-human design feature, but thanks for the tip I guess.
- Obviously they tried the door handles first unless they were knocked out. And to have a manual release in such a stupid, hidden spot? Don't try to be an apologist for Tesla. There is no excuse for making such poorly designed cars these days.
- The article says nothing about opening the doors from the inside; if you are ever in that situation, cybertrucks have a manual release under the rubber mat of the “map pocket” in the doors
  I'm genuinely confused as to why you would prefer an electronic door opener. Is it just a gimmick for aesthetics? I've heard that it's to allow for frameless doors (in which it's better to open the window a bit before opening the door), but I've been in multiple cars that did that with a mechanical handle just fine, by simply adding a switch to that mechanical handle. It seems so stupid on so many levels: cost, reliability, repairability, and - chiefly - safety.
  
  my 1997 honda has frameless doors without needing an electronic door opener, or rolling the window down 🤷
- The hero who tried to rescue the people inside was hitting the window with a tree branch, but the windows didn't crack until after over a dozen swings
  Reminder that you need a small, pointed object to shatter most automobile glass easily.
  
  Or a ball bearing, in the case of Cyberfuks.
- I've been in the Model Y with the stupid wing doors and the release is behind the speaker covers in the door. The speaker covers are not easy to grab or remove. That's when I have the user manual open and there isn't a lithium fueled fire burning me up in seconds
- I'm impressed he broke the window at all with something soft and blunt.

Such a shame
/s?
Natural selection at work.
- What is wrong with you?
  
  Nothing. What is wrong with you?
  The world is burning because of the type of fuck bags that buy these vehicles.
  Maybe I am not the one you should be questioning.
  If you’re expecting sympathy from me for fascists then I have nothing but lols for you.

Looooooooolllllllllllllll

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