• 5 Card Draw@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Is this really news?

    So if I get locked out of a car, I’m suddenly worthy of making headlines? There are bigger things to draw attention to than this.

  • Determinator@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong here, but from a safety perspective shouldn’t this mechanism fail open? Especially given the fact that I don’t believe they even have a physical key, it’s only the electromechanical locking mechanism

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      1 year ago

      Nah, because otherwise it would be pretty easy to find ways to short out the battery, blow a fuse and open the car. This can happen on any vehicle which uses electronic locks and isn’t really unique to Tesla. The difference is that Tesla has no physical backup key (I’m not sure if anyone else had dropped the physical backup), but it does have an external jump point you can use to provide 12v.

      There are physical overrides on the inside though.

  • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Meanwhile my Hyundai Ioniq not only allows you to open it with just the physical key, it also has a button to charge the 12v portion of the battery off of the larger hybrid battery

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    1 year ago

    That would suck. It’s like when it’s so cold out cars can have issues starting, but at least you can get inside. You’d think if the 12v battery was dead on the Tesla you could plug it into a charger on the outside of the car. Maybe a feature for a future model.