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Tesla driver and two kids burned alive because rescuers can’t open electronic doors: reports (nypost.com)
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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

In this case the first responder was just some guy working at the corner store. He only had a fire extinguisher, but for basically any other car brand that would have been fine: open the door, drag people out, spray the fire, good enough probably.

But these people were in a Tesla, which requires electricity to open the doors (or a hidden manual release that can only be used from inside and involves several unintuitive steps)

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fair enough, I just read the headline and saw the picture of people in yellow vests. If you want me to read the article I'll need another coffee.