China verbietet versteckte elektrische Türgriffe für Elektrofahrzeuge. Die neuen Vorschriften treten im Januar 2027 in Kraft und verlangen, dass alle Elektrofahrzeuge über mechanische Entriegelungsgriffe verfügen.
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/873039/china-ban-hidden-tesla-door-handles-january-2027
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is this targeting Tesla specifically?
Good the hidden electric handles is a dumb design to begin with.
happy to see policies like this that benefits consumers
As a Canadian who deals with icy winters, thank fucking god. I have an Tesla M3 (pre-melon crash out) and it can be a real pain to smack my door to break the ice hoping I can get my hand in there to yank out the handle. My friend had a model S and it was nearly impossible sometimes to get the door open.
I’m not a fan of electric locks in general but yeah inaccessible door handles that’s stupid.
This is why I have not bought electric yet. I don’t want to be trapped and die in my car that doesn’t have a mechanical latch
Good the retracted handles are such a weird aesthetic choice to do from a safety standpoint and it’s just another thing that can break from a practical standpoint when… you had… you know already functioning handles that just work.
Good! This is such a moronic, dangerous design feature that many car models added. I’d never get a car with these.
Electric door handles seem so unsafe in the even of a crash, this makes a lot of sense
That’s the way to go!
China has better consumer protection than us now, proud of yourselves Trump/Elon cultists?
Reason 186,962,778,023 China is going to eat our lunch this century.
How about USA? No?
Good. This will drive change across the boards.
I remember trying the first Ipod and it was incredibly intuitive with just the wheel and button. I guessed all functions correct on on the first try. I tried a later model and there wasn’t much logic to it… don’t know why, but it’s like they improved it beyond basic intuition.
Anyway, doors on cars should be understandable intuitively for you granny.
I remember my first time in a Tesla S Signature when they launched in Norway, they had to open the door for me from the inside, because pushing a door to come out was in no way more obvious than anything else. Waving, knocking(?) .
Then this one pictured above came and they basically made the electric handle mechanical, but even worse, particularly in cold weather.
I saw a taxi that had stickers with „push“ (and a finger print sign) + a „pull“ a the other end… again, not intuitive if you need to read how to use it, but he was probably fed up trying to explain it to his customers.
Ironically Tesla also have to make manual emergency door openers (that do not activate the window to move in the frameless design, so it’s not recommended to use. And the rear mechanical emergency door openers are impossible to find in panic (they’re between your thighs below the seat front…).
So on Cybertruck? Yet a silly design (like most of the car and the stuff that didn’t match the promises).
Volvo’s newest ex60, finally has a decent and minimal design. It’s a little „sharkfin“ and at least there I’d imagine most people will pull it towards themselves like a door handle. That thing is apparently both electric and mechanical as backup.
The whole reason for these flush doorhandles is that tiny amount of extra range from less turbulent air. I believe this problem has been solved many times over more intuitively before.
Electric door handles is the dumbest fucking shit I’ve seen regarding cars in some time, talk about a clear downgrade with zero upside and pretty obvious downsides, like wtf were manufacturers thinking?
The entire approach of most EVs is just dumb as fuck, like guys we already designed cars we like, just because the engine is electric doesn’t mean everything about the vehicle needs to be redesigned.
IF only, IF only our country (the good ole‘ U.S. of A.) had also made that decision, too!🙄
The Tesla era of car design is beginning its sunset. Turns out over a 100 years of field tested shit did better than “it looks cool bruh.” Bring back tactile controls to the console next!
As someone who has experienced them frozen in the door, good!
I rarely agree with mandates, but this one makes sense.
Suck it, Tesla. Enjoy re-engineering the door handles that everyone always said were a safety hazard if you want to stay in the Chinese market.
Door handles Remember K I S S it always works.
FYI, it’s because they wouldn’t open during accidents when power is lost, hence trapping people inside the car.
Good. This is just common sense. Next get rid of touch screens and bring back real buttons.
Should have been a no-brained for all regulators even before the first Tesla did this. And the US is way behind in this now.
Common China W
China is making them bring back door handles.
The EU is making them bring back physical controls.
mm, nice.
Is the start of a new era where countries we used to consider backwards now have better and more reasonable safety standards than the US?
I’m all for better door handle designs. I’d also appreciate some tactile buttons in the interior for quicker access controls.
Everyone talking safety and not thinking about how Tesla just lost whatever threads of the Chinese Market it was clinging to.
…. just for EVs?
Should be for all vehicles
That’s a good idea. Why can’t my country come up with good ideas.
the thumbail is not an electric door handle, which is used on the Model 3/Y. Those are hidden, but mechanical and should be fine. The presenting handles on S/X would need to change.
Can we go back to dumb cars?
What I don’t get is if you want hidden handles, we had non-trapping hazard ones in the 90s, if not earlier. On cheap cars.
The frickin‘ Geo Storm had them on the back edge of the door, but hidden under it with a recess to grab it. Hell, it was easier to open in the door in icy conditions compared to standard handles since you had a structural element to grab. Similarly, the Chevy Beretta had the handles on the window frame, though there it was still visible. There’s probably other similar types too.