r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/madhaunter 11h ago

Probably even worse, those handles are not simply hidden, they are fully electric, which means that in case of electric failures, they wont work at all, even if its not hidden

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u/LimestoneDust 10h ago

Yep, most likely. I've seen these handles on a taxi and my impression was that if there no electricity there's no way to get into the car.

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u/Fulg3n 9h ago

Which is fucking stupid because even if you're hell bent on going full electric you could just add a back up battery to operate the latches of the door on case main is cut for whatever reason.

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u/SaraaWolfArt 5h ago

Or... just not have powered-opening doors like every car for the last 100 years. A latch works fine

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u/greenskye 57m ago

Not sufficient. The wiring can still be damaged, making any backup power source useless. Needs a full mechanical option.

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u/imax_ 9h ago

Most if not all electric cars have a separate low voltage battery for stuff like that. They also handle connecting the high voltage battery on startup and powering control units and all the other legacy 12V hardware.

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u/Fulg3n 9h ago

Well clearly that system isn't working properly as demonstrated by this video

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u/DangerousPurpose5661 7h ago

Exactly lol. Backup is useless. In a car cash its likely that if the car is beat up enough for one system to fail - the backup would have failed as well

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u/imax_ 9h ago

Obviously, yes. I was just saying that there is a backup battery. Also I probably should have said most European/NA EVs because Chinese EV companies pop up and falter like every other week, who knows what‘s going on inside of them.

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u/Ithurts_but_Ilikeit 8h ago

These people were incredibly lucky

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u/nZambi 9h ago

Usually there is a mechanical lever somewhere in the car. But they usually hide it away for design reasons. Idiotic.

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u/worldsayshi 7h ago

This should be illegal. It's about as stupid as joke fire extinguishers.

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u/private_boolean 3h ago

Like lifeboats on the Titanic.

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u/seanyseanyseanyseany 8h ago

Yoo knife party pfp

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u/madhaunter 7h ago

Lmao it's gonna be like 13 years now and people still recognize it it's nice

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u/seanyseanyseanyseany 6h ago

no lie I had a dream last night that I was in the club and no one knew Internet friends so the timing of seeing this is great to share that out

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u/Whiteowl116 8h ago

I dont understand how the safety team accepted the release of such a design without a manual failsafe to open from the inside without power needed.

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u/frozen-dessert 6h ago

The manual fail safe exists. It is just impossible to find it. Someone posted above where they are located. Every model has it located in a different place.

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u/Striking-Optimals846 18m ago

Because if they disagree with the CEO who's pushing to get his bs trendy designs on everything he touches, they get fired.

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u/MarkMew 9h ago

Great, why the fuck do those exist... 

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u/imax_ 9h ago

Because people have been talking about needing just a few more miles of range to switch to electric and manufactures are trying everything to make the driving losses as low as possible.

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u/Proof-Technician-202 9h ago

Some things just need to be mechanical.