Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery
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Firefighters had to use an ax to smash through the window.
  • Nougat@fedia.io
    1471·
    4 months ago

    The car’s owner, Renee Sanchez, was taking her granddaughter to the zoo, but after loading the child in the Model Y, she closed the door and wasn’t able to open it again. “My phone key wouldn’t open it,” Sanchez said in an interview with Arizona’s Family. “My car key wouldn’t open it.” She called emergency services, and firefighters were dispatched to help.

    Just so nobody thinks someone left a kid in the car and then went into a store or something. Tesla should be paying for the broken window repair at the very least.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      542·
      4 months ago

      Also, this is similar to a use case that Telsa likes to promote. They allow you to leave the climate on while the car is locked.

      This makes me never want to trust the dog and camp modes they advertise.

      • Nougat@fedia.io
        38·
        4 months ago

        In this specific example, I believe the driver buckled the child, closed the door, then was unable to open any door before starting the vehicle. Is it possible to either start the vehicle or at least turn on the climate control from outside? If not, this was a horribly dangerous situation.

        • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          4 months ago

          Yeah, this wasn’t even intentional. The car just shit out while she was getting the car situated. Very scary.

        • DBNinja@lemm.eeEnglish
          18·
          4 months ago

          Not without the 12V. I’m pretty sure most of the internal electronics are dependent on that working. There’s an access port so you can “jump” the 12V with another car, which I think would then allow you to open the door though.