Yeah, as I just said in my other comment, newer cars don't have keys, and I'm not sure keyless (and electric in this case) cars even let you turn it off mid-drive.
It's certainly possible that it might not let you turn the car off.
It won't let you turn it off in drive stick that bitch in neutral and it will. Car manufacturers design cars to be able to be turned off with a stuck accelerator, people just dont know about it and tend to panic.
Putting it in neutral is just a suggestion to the computer as well. If it locked up entirely, nothing helps in this sort of design. Go back to reliable cable control imo.
Many cars still have neutral be a mechanical connection as a safety feature, I think its just ones with the stupid knob that isnt. There's still an override, otherwise you'd have a tough time getting a tow.
I just rented a brand new Mercedes over the 4th of July, and it wouldn't let you put it in neutral while you were driving. The stupid gear selector was on a stalk like the turn signal, and I accidentally tried a few times.
Oh yeah, just grenade your transmission. Putting it in neutral fixes the problem without even needing to shut it off. Its like people have forgotten neutral even exists in the age of automatic transmissions.
drive-by-wire, lock/unlock-by-wire too. Teslas that lose power (say, due to a battery fire) cannot be opened with the regular door handles. You have to rip out the upholstery to find a hidden release
The made-in-Germany Tesla Model Y owners could not find the emergency release as shown in the video and the car's manual. They shared pictures showing the door pocket liner without the access hatch to the emergency release system. To be sure, the Tesla Model Y owner's manual warns that "not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors."
Just had someone in the store rush out, then come back half an hour later.
Phone was at 1% and if it died they couldnt unlock their tesla so they had to run to charge the phone in the car.
This is incorrect. For the front doors there's an easily accessible manual door latch inches from the electric one. For the back you have to peel up some rubber from the door pocket - stupid design but there's no upholstery being ripped up
Honestly, uncontrollably fast is probably the way to go. If he had any ability to steer, he should have kept it on the motorway and let the batteries die. At top speed, the car won't drive for more than 10-20 minutes tops.
Even if you can't steer and can't drive, it doesn't mean you can't try to keep fighting for control over the car. Pilots have been dying this way for decades.
Maybe he was too dumb to think of that, but most EVs are fully drive-by-wire so I'm not discounting the possibility that he couldn't turn it off.
Yeah, as I just said in my other comment, newer cars don't have keys, and I'm not sure keyless (and electric in this case) cars even let you turn it off mid-drive.
It's certainly possible that it might not let you turn the car off.
It won't let you turn it off in drive stick that bitch in neutral and it will. Car manufacturers design cars to be able to be turned off with a stuck accelerator, people just dont know about it and tend to panic.
Are EV drive modes mechanically linked typically?
Im fairly certain most EVs have a mechanical link to neutral as a safety feature.
Putting it in neutral is just a suggestion to the computer as well. If it locked up entirely, nothing helps in this sort of design. Go back to reliable cable control imo.
Many cars still have neutral be a mechanical connection as a safety feature, I think its just ones with the stupid knob that isnt. There's still an override, otherwise you'd have a tough time getting a tow.
I just rented a brand new Mercedes over the 4th of July, and it wouldn't let you put it in neutral while you were driving. The stupid gear selector was on a stalk like the turn signal, and I accidentally tried a few times.
They probably have a hidden override, which is retarded. German engineering
Oh yeah, just grenade your transmission. Putting it in neutral fixes the problem without even needing to shut it off. Its like people have forgotten neutral even exists in the age of automatic transmissions.
Omg that's horrifying.
drive-by-wire, lock/unlock-by-wire too. Teslas that lose power (say, due to a battery fire) cannot be opened with the regular door handles. You have to rip out the upholstery to find a hidden release
Okay, now that is also horrifying. Holy shit.
yeah, avoid EVs like the plague
What? That's ridiculous, no one would do something like that, so I went and looked it up. Here's the Model 3's manual release lever, right next to the window switches, on the door.
I went ahead and checked a different model, the Tesla Y and.... oh.... [Oh dear: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-model-y-got-a-more-straightforward-emergency-door-release-still-not-good-enough-201427.html
At least they changed it.... https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-changed-the-model-y-s-emergency-door-release-again-tough-luck-if-you-need-to-use-it-219273.html
Emphasis added, holy shit.
Wasn’t there a recent case of a woman drowning in a few feet of water in her tesla because none of the doors or windows could operate once it got wet?
“ Details reveal the desperate attempt to save CEO Angela Chao, trapped in a submerged Tesla”
Just had someone in the store rush out, then come back half an hour later. Phone was at 1% and if it died they couldnt unlock their tesla so they had to run to charge the phone in the car.
This is incorrect. For the front doors there's an easily accessible manual door latch inches from the electric one. For the back you have to peel up some rubber from the door pocket - stupid design but there's no upholstery being ripped up
Honestly, uncontrollably fast is probably the way to go. If he had any ability to steer, he should have kept it on the motorway and let the batteries die. At top speed, the car won't drive for more than 10-20 minutes tops.
Even if you can't steer and can't drive, it doesn't mean you can't try to keep fighting for control over the car. Pilots have been dying this way for decades.