One of the things I'm noisy about is mechanical door locks in BEVs. A thermal runaway event in an EV is equivalent to immediate arc welding temperatures where a gasoline fire burns a great deal cooler and unless the fuel tank gets super heated there is time to get out. In disasters like the Houston doctor tragedy...
...Having electric door locks that no longer work is catastrophic in these types of situations. A great deal more needs to be done on BEVs to create better fire walls and battery protection if they ever become mainstream transport.
I posted the link to the spectacular exploding Paris bus earlier. Here it is again.
I gotta say, electric door opening is one of the big reasons I'll never own a Tesla. In an emergency, you can't waste time trying to remember where to find and how to use the mechanical override.
As a side note, how many Tesla owners here train their passengers on how to get out in an emergency before giving them a ride?
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/05/11/friend-b...
...Having electric door locks that no longer work is catastrophic in these types of situations. A great deal more needs to be done on BEVs to create better fire walls and battery protection if they ever become mainstream transport.
I posted the link to the spectacular exploding Paris bus earlier. Here it is again.
https://insideevs.com/news/583324/paris-suspends-149-bollore...