Autos mit versenkbaren Türgriffen werden in China verboten

“A recent Bloomberg analysis tied 15 auto deaths directly to Tesla’s doors not opening. Although many EVs feature mechanical releases within the vehicle, there have been numerous cases where owners were unable to locate or operate them in the event of an accident.

This move will effectively ban all retractable EV door handles on new cars released in the country. The ban goes into effect on January 1, 2027.”

Now, let’s ban them in the States.

A china W?

It’s really dumb to rely on a working battery to be able to access the door handle in the first place.

This stupid and dangerous shit should be banned everywhere.

Tesla handles are flush mounted, not retractable. The real problem Tesla faces is that the exterior only offers electronic opening, no mechanical method.

„As noted by the outlet Autoblog, under new draft rules released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, all vehicles in the country weighing under 3.5 tons must have interior and exterior handles with a mechanical emergency release.“

I’m not sure why this is being interpreted as banning retractable door handles. This only bans handles that are *strictly* electronic operated (retractable or not) which I agree is stupid AF. My Kia has retractable handles on the exterior that pop out, but can be manually opened if you just push it and the actual unlocking mechanism is mechanical. *Interior* handles should always be easy to find and operate in the dark with no knowledge or power, unlike the bullshit Tesla has.

I would love to see a resurgence in manual locks, handles, window rollers, etc… I’m tired of junky ass electronic only stuff.

Before anyone claims that this was done so the handle can be flush with the car for efficiency reasons:

There is no way the car industry can’t figure out a way to have door handles that are manually actuated whilst also being flush with the car. I got in a Model 3 Uber a few months ago and that had normal actuating door handles that sat flush with the car.

So these electronic retractable ones we see are literally just gimmicks with no added efficiency benefit but all the safety risks associated with them.

There’s no need to have them, you’re _literally_ walking up to the car anyways.

I suspect this is more about firefighters being able to rescue passengers after an accident. It’s much easier to yank open a door if there’s an exposed handle.

Otherwise they have to get the jaws of life set up to cut the door off and that takes time.

It’s hilarious that Gyna has better consumer protection than US now because mango is a stooge of the tech broligarchs. 

They’ve got more regulations on AI too lol.

Let’s hide the door handles so that the occupants or the emergency workers need to read the manual on correct operations of said cool looking handle.

What’s it say about Tesla when they are not safe enough for China?