Comment by herbst
2 days ago
Within only a few months I see more Chinese Electric cars than Tesla (or us cars generally) on swiss streets.
Depending on what you are looking for they are WAY cheaper than comparable cars.
2 days ago
Within only a few months I see more Chinese Electric cars than Tesla (or us cars generally) on swiss streets.
Depending on what you are looking for they are WAY cheaper than comparable cars.
VW is selling more EVs in Europe than BYD.
VW is not an American car maker. There are way more European cars in Switzerland than either Chinese or US. Obviously. Also more Japanese tho
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.
> 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.
This 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
Why 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.
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Are there not similar videos of Tesla, or other electric cars doing the exact same thing?
There'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.
Can you share some of those videos here please?
That sounds like some kind of tiktok scare lol