I showed rationally and objectively why in reality it doesn’t matter for the threat given, but you do you.

Typical of commenters here, just resort to name calling.

In that video he broke the window, and he had to peel it back because it was laminated (so the window stays in one sheet), which again the same thing can be trivially done (and is very commonly done) to any car with a $10 window break tool. The only difference is you have little glass bits everywhere because most side …

Nope, that’s still more complex because you need a separate microswitch for the external handle and interior handle, the action has to be designed to trigger prior to the lever actuating the door, and both handles need mechanical linkages to the latch mechanism, with the exterior also needing a lock mechanism.

As mentioned, it was originally created to handle frameless doors (Tesla was not the first to use them, I believe it was the Corvette that was the first). It allows the window to drop down before the door is pushed out. The design also allows the car to be electronically locked without needing a separate lock…

It’s literally in the article that someone got killed in that exact intersection. As much as the news makes a big deal about theft, people generally don’t get killed in those incidents. So I would say enforcement action like this should have at least SOME priority, not zero.

It’s no easier to break into than any other car (which you can also break into with a “slim jim”). I don’t see how the design makes it any easier to break into (given every car out there has latch cables that can be pulled to open the door, its just a matter of figuring out where it is).

Note, I’m not saying it’s not possible to do it with a mechanical latch (the earlier Model S/X in fact had that design also), but that the electronic door button design was introduced to deal with the frameless window drop down problem (ALA the Corvette). It’s one of multiple possible designs to deal with it (another…

I’m sure you can point to anecdotal accounts of 997 owners that have had no issues too, but that doesn’t really say much.

In a no power solution, you just potentially break or damage the trim. That’s a risk you take no matter which design you go with. Tesla later did a software update that would use the door ajar sensor to drop the window even when the manual release is pulled to mitigate the issue when there is still power and people…

I’m not talking about the Cybertruck, I’m talking about extended cab pickups. Because the front door closes on the rear door, you can’t open the rear door without opening the front one first.

You never sat in the rear seat of an extended cab? The front door closes on the rear. You can’t open the rear doors without opening the front one first.

Not universal at all. Some use prismatic cells, some use cylindrical. The module sizes and voltages are also completely different. As mentioned the most common modules out there will be ones from the Leaf and from Tesla. The most common motors are also from those.

The 997 uses a special lever that drops the glass, but from a quick search it’s extremely unreliable and breaks easily. A door button is going to be far more reliable (as per the Corvette design). Every design has its pros and cons.

Given the shenanigans done to the Cybertruck so far and not having seen the hitch break (other than the Whistlin Diesel test), I suspect that the limit is way over 160 lbs.

It is because rear door exit is not requirement (think about coupes, extended cabs, child locks). The presumption is you would exit through the front if necessary.

The electronic latch was introduced to deal with frameless windows. It allows the window to drop and clear the trim prior to the door opening.

In that case the lady was heavily drunk and there was no indication she confused the brake pedal with the accelerator. Rather the indication was she confused forward and reverse.

2022.40.4 had a bug that locked people out, but that does nothing about the manual latch. In fact, people used the manual latch to bypass it:

-Why not just employ motion-sensing to activate the cameras like every cheapo one security system on the market and only continuously record while driving?