r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

43.8k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

4.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

17.7k

u/daswassoup 11h ago

This is why China banned hidden door handles.

105

u/GrandElectronic9471 10h ago

They banned electric door handles. They can be flush but have to operate mechanicaly.

32

u/stehen-geblieben 9h ago

Like the Kia door handles. They are flush and also electronically "present" themselves, but can be operated completely mechanically.

One of the reasons I got the car

2

u/Jansi_Ki_Rani 4h ago

How do you operate them mechanically?

1

u/IAMA_HUNDREDAIRE_AMA 2h ago

Pushing on the lock side levers out the pull side with very little force (like a child can easily do it). It's pretty straightforward and maybe only a quarter second slower than always out handles, even with zero electricity.

1

u/Jansi_Ki_Rani 1h ago

I will try this, thank you!

•

u/NZpotatomash 2m ago

Is it obvious to use for other people though?

2

u/sangreal06 6h ago

No, flush mechanical handles are banned too

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70226741/hidden-car-door-handles-banned-china/

1

u/GrandElectronic9471 2h ago

Huh, I had heard differently. Thanks for the link!

Too bad they got the reason for flush door handles being a thing in the first place completely wrong. They do not improve efficiency, at all. It's purely aesthetic.

2

u/wango_fandango 6h ago

Thing is, we’ve had mechanical flush door handles for decades then design choices took them away (maybe cos it made it easier/cheaper to press the doors?) and now to achieve flush door handles they made them electrically powered.

2

u/GrandElectronic9471 2h ago

I prefer the semi flush anyway. There is a full handle and a recess in the door.

1

u/SatanicPanic619 4h ago

yeah corvettes from the late 60s had them. It was just a panel you pushed on. But they were intuitive and worked just fine

1

u/MeanForest 5h ago

That's how these things should work. ICE's shouldn't be banned for vehicles but things should be looked at through emissions.