"In one horrific 2024 crash in Piedmont, California, a bystander was unable to free three of his friends trapped inside a burning Cybertruck because its electronic doors, operated from the outside by hidden push buttons, wouldn't open. By the time the bystander was able to break its "bulletproof" glass windows, three of the occupants had either burned alive or died of smoke inhalation. Only one escaped. The families of two of the deceased, 20-year-old Jack Nelson and 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara, have sued Tesla."
"The Cybertruck's doors, as are other Tesla models, are electrically powered, controlled only by a central touchscreen, a phone app, or hidden capacitive buttons. On the outside, there are no visible handles, and these systems can easily fail during an accident. The doors have emergency releases, but critics argue that they're unintuitive to the point of being dangerous. The Cybertruck's passenger doors, for example, must be opened with a pull cord which is hidden under a liner in the bottom storage compartment."
The Cybertruck's unorthodox design, including electrically powered doors controlled only by a central touchscreen, a phone app, or hidden capacitive buttons, can prevent emergency responders from rescuing trapped occupants. External handles are absent and external controls are hidden, increasing the likelihood of door failure or inaccessibility after a crash. Emergency releases exist but are unintuitive; the passenger-door manual release is a pull cord concealed under a liner in the bottom storage compartment and often unlabeled outside specific markets. At least two deaths occurred when occupants could not be quickly accessed or exit, including a 2024 Piedmont crash in which three occupants died.
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