No way I'd trust them. When you crash them or they have a battery fault, the doors lock you inside before the battery catches fire. Many videos of this happening inside China with one recent event in the West.
reply> No way I'd trust them. When you crash them or they have a battery fault, the doors lock you inside before the battery catches fire.
replyThis matches reports from Tesla users. The cybertruck is specially prone to this sort of design problems.
Only cybertrucks I've heard about catching on fire where the ones purposely set on fire. While I'm sure it happens I doubt it's any higher than any other vehicle on the road
replyWhy is that a common failure mode in a crash? I can't think of a reason or bug that would lead to the doors locking after a crash.
replyI think it's a well intentioned safety feature that was never fully thought through. Locking the doors in a crash can prevent a passenger from being ejected from a vehicle. However, if there is no reliable way to unlock the door once the acceleration forces have subsided, you've created a death trap.
replyMost cars lock as you start driving, I assume the issue is they’re not unlocking when crashed.
replyFail-safe designs are more expensive because they require redundancies, fully manual linkages, or just non-centralized control.
replyThe Cybertruck went with daisy chained PoE automotive Ethernet variant. The same cables delivering power to subcomponents handle data. Damage/problems in a single component can not only bring down the network but kill power to all the car's subsystems. It means less wiring in the Cybertruck (and lower production expense) at the cost of durability and fail-safety. Someone looked at TokenRing Ethernet and said "yes that is best".
Are there not similar videos of Tesla, or other electric cars doing the exact same thing?
replyThere's a mechanical latch release handle integrated into the doors, but they are very much not meant to be used during normal operation and are designed to be inconspicuous. This seems to cause at least some people to fail to operate them during a fast-paced emergency situation.
replyCan you share some of those videos here please?
replyThat sounds like some kind of tiktok scare lol
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replyVW is selling more EVs in Europe than BYD.
replyVW is not an American car maker. There are way more European cars in Switzerland than either Chinese or US. Obviously. Also more Japanese tho
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