Tesla Is Redesigning Door Handles That Drew Safety Scrutiny

19 pointsposted 5 months ago
by JumpCrisscross
(bloomberg.com)

5 Comments

keoneflick

5 months ago

> Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s longtime design chief, said the company is looking to combine the electronic and manual door-release mechanisms, which are currently in separate locations.

I never understood this. I get that the electronic release is "cool" or something, but it never made any sense to me that it wasn't integrated with or connected to a manual release.

m463

5 months ago

That's the way the model s worked. pull the handle a little way and it electronically opens. continue pulling the handle further and it mechanically opens the door.

I think the later models 3, y, cybertruck were severely cost-reduced (either for part cost, or repair cost) to the point that poverty comes to a premium car.

I can see the idea - a part that doesn't exist can't break, but for safety you need redundancy but they went for deletion.

jeffwask

5 months ago

This always appeared to me as a "Chesterton's Fence" situation. Innovating on something for no reason without understand the full scope of why mechanical door openers are more effective than electronic. Simple mechanical devices are almost infinitely durable and work under a number of adverse conditions.

more_corn

5 months ago

Tesla still makes cars? I would have thought musk is running wildly from his failure.