No, it’s a simple matter of physics and aerodynamics that dictate the shape.

Are we gonna say that every plane copied each other at this point? or cars copy each other for the general shape?

See the court case Finders v Keepers.

“...resulting in customers (including the mayor of Denver) taking the keys to whatever rental cars they wanted.”

The most surprising part about all of this is that Hertz didn’t try to immediately arrest all of the customers.

Having driven Tesla’s before, it was the first place I looked for a manual release, not even knowing if there is one. Even if it’s not evident at a glance, it’s the first logical place you’d check for one. The fact that the bezel around the window switch isn’t one solid piece clues you in to something moveable being…

I know after I’ve been in a violent, disorienting crash and I see flames growing in front of me, I have the focus and fine motor skills to locate a black plastic latch on a black panel that I’ve never used before or have even noticed.

The fact that it is required to engineer and implement a mechanical “back up” suggests to me that it is absolutely not cheaper or more cost effective to go with electronic door pulls.

When I owned a Model Y, I had more issues with people using the emergency release than anything. Using it requires re-indexing the windows, which isn’t a huge deal but kind of a nuisance. I got in the habit of telling every passenger that they needed to press the button to exit, not use the very obvious emergency…

There should be one handle per door, half pull - electronic, full pull mechanical.

That front release is well designed and intelligently placed. The rear one is fucking stupid, and makes me wonder if they had 2 separate departments designing the front and rear doors. 

“something that most owners, let alone a passenger in a panic, aren’t likely to have.”

My 992 has electronic door handles. If the power fails, guess how you open them? The same way you open them when the power is on. Same lever. It just uses the mechanical latch when there isn’t power. If Teslas were well-designed they would work the same way, but Teslas are low-end garbage.

Exactly.  I don’t know about you but if I had that much fucking money I would’t be wasting my time in politics.  If it were me I’d be on my island in the Carribean or lounging on the beach in Timmomotos.  

Heck, imagine being so unlikable that people who work for Donald J. Motherfucking Trump are like “wow.”

But it would be hilarious to watch them bicker if the fate of the county didn’t hang in the balance

Just what the world needs, a couple of complete losers at the helm who’s only goals are popularity because their daddies spent too much time banging the baby sitter instead of throwing catch.

As someone who’s had vinyl letters on the car before, this happens to normal cars too...

I’m going to go a bit out of character here and advocate for the giant corporation:

Someone on another forum guessed that this might be a “hotshot” driver (urgent deliveries for people who are burning money and daylight at a ferocious rate for lack of a spare part or whatever).