My mom has a Model 3 that I’ve driven quite a bit. I’ve had people find the manual release for the front doors by accident in it, so it’s not too terrible. But hers doesn’t even have a manual release for the rear doors; I’ve checked. And even when they have them, wow that is an awful design.

It’s the biggest problem with the Agile design methodology. You’re supposed to maintain momentum by focusing on producing a minimum viable product with each sprint. The idea is this keeps you from getting distracted, which is great, but the problem is that it enables business wonks who want to call that product done. I…

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…

First off, middle of the pack?? They are entirely hidden from view... on purpose! You really think that is a good idea in any way? If so, please explain. And while you’re at it, go ahead and list all of the cars that also have completely hidden door handles and why they aren’t equally dumb.

I’ve long thought electric door latches are a solution in search of a problem. Doubly stupid because you still need a manual latch, so now you need two latches. 

Considering the range of manual releases out there this one is just middle of the pack if you remove the “emergency” from it and check your bias at the door. Maybe you need a handle smack in the middle of your face so you bang into it every time the driver hits the brakes, but for most we know handles are somewhere on…

That only makes the decision to have electric door latches and completely hiding the manual releases all the more dumb knowing that they have caused people to die needlessly in the past.

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. 

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.

Could be ruling the world right now with infinity BEV Sienna’s sold, but nope.

Toyota going full BEV takes away every advantage that Toyota has traditionally enjoyed - mainly mechanical reliability and brand/model recognition. A BEV is motors, software, and batteries. Nobody really cares about electric motor specs as long as it’s not underpowered. Toyota has lost their bet on solid state battery…

The best part is their compliance car still moved a ton of units despite begrudging marketing and all this pissing and moaning. They must have been livid.

“Sob! Weep! We have to make EVs for our biggest sales markets where buyers are looking for smaller and more economical cars! Sob! Weep!”

Toyota went all in on Hydrogen and fucked themselves.

I have not seen a forecast by anyone … government or private, anywhere that has told us that that number is achievable. At this point, it looks impossible

Is that why BYD is now the #9 car manufacturer worldwide by units sold and is closing in on Ford at #8?

Nah, fuck that. This is entirely Toyota’s fault.

This is when I remind Toyota that everyone else is getting it done. So what’s your problem Toyota?

We’ve tried nothin’ and we’re all out of ideas!

Hard to meet a standard when you don’t even try.