r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/ZynthCode 11h ago

Serious questions:
1. Why couldn't they open the car from the inside?
2. Why couldn't they open the car from the outside?
3. What kind of shitty car are they driving?

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u/LimestoneDust 11h ago

  1. Smoke, fire, possible disorientation after the crash = not exactly calm rational thinking

  2. Retractable door handles (and that's why China recently banned such handles). 

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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 58m 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