[throwaway494932]

People have died because their Tesla had electric doors and they couldn't open them after an accident [1]

[1] https://futurism.com/the-byte/four-die-trapped-burning-tesla

[lowlevel]

This is happening on other cars with electronic door handles too... not just Tesla.

[bloopernova]

holy crap, their doors won't open without power?!?

How does that ever get past safety standards?

[rad_gruchalski]

Because the legislation doesn’t require that. And they want even less legislation. I mean, how does one even come up with a car made out of stainless steel with edges sharp like knives.

[usrusr]

Rules made long before anyone would come up with electric-only doors outside a sci-fi fantasy. (OT how many "try to push open that deactivated door" does Star Trek have power episode, on average?)

[mavhc]

because there's a second manual lever that does work without power