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Arizona woman trapped in Tesla when battery dies

by glitcher on 6/19/24, 3:56 PM with 19 comments

  • by josephcsible on 6/19/24, 4:02 PM

    The manual door release couldn't be further from "secret". It's so obvious that almost every first-time passenger thinks it's how you're always supposed to open the door.
  • by briandw on 6/19/24, 4:05 PM

    I have to tell people not to use that secret handle when exiting my model 3. Damn the media hates Tesla
  • by thebiggesthater on 6/19/24, 4:03 PM

    how do you drive a car for 3 years and not know there was a latch to open the door in case the power goes out?
  • by ThrowawayTestr on 6/19/24, 4:05 PM

    Is this the one where she tried to update in a fast food parking lot and ignored the warnings?
  • by wenc on 6/19/24, 4:25 PM

    This kind of non newsworthy article creates narrative based thinking (“EVs bad, people stuck in car when battery dies”) when it’s just PEBCAK (problem exists between user and keyboard)
  • by UberFly on 6/19/24, 4:10 PM

    This is 100% a RTFM moment. User error should be the main jist of this dumb news story. I guess it'll help other clueless owners.
  • by drcongo on 6/19/24, 4:28 PM

    Do they not have a "leisure battery" that's not associated with the main power?