The only survivor of the October 24 fire was a woman in her 20s who was able to get to safety after a quick thinking passer-by smashed a window of the burning Model Y car to free her

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/660354

The only survivor of the October 24 fire was a woman in her 20s who was able to get to safety after a quick thinking passer-by smashed a window of the burning Model Y car to free her

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Ok well that’s good if true. Why didn’t they use it? Are they not widely known about by drivers or not in an obvious location for ease of access in an emergency? That’s my only assumption as to why this happened.

    Edit: read the article:

    There is a manual override in Tesla cars but the feature is not widely publicized, experts say.