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Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, died (www.theverge.com)

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.world 41 points 5 months ago

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

[–] DBNinja@lemm.ee 18 points 5 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.