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To: Devils_Tower

“Another thing to worry about, when the voltage drops you can not get out of car. Heard of a case or two where driver burnt inside with rescuers unable to help victim out of car after an accident and electric actuated door did not work”

Source? Doors are not electric actuated!


5 posted on 10/10/2020 11:12:11 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Um, there’s a number of modern cars that have electrically actuated mechanisms.

Electric car where driver died because of electric door release mechanism:

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/man-burned-alive-fiery-tesla-crash-door-open/story?id=66498159

Gasoline car where a sledgehammer (not a rifle - sorry, got confused with another similar report) had to be used because of electric door release mechanism:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20030512/1530243_F.shtml/

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/computer-glitch-traps-thai-minister-in-bmw-20030513-gdgr7n.html


11 posted on 10/10/2020 11:15:42 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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