Tesla design flaws caused fiery crash that killed woman, severely injured husband, lawsuit alleges
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Design flaws caused a Tesla Model 3 to suddenly accelerate out of control before it crashed into a utility pole and burst into flames, killing a woman and severely injuring her husband, a lawsuit filed in federal court alleges.
Another defect, with the door handle design, thwarted bystanders who were trying to rescue the driver, Jeff Dennis, and his wife, Wendy, from the car, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Wendy Dennis died in the Jan. 7, 2023, crash in Tacoma, Washington. Jeff Dennis suffered severe leg burns and other injuries, according to the lawsuit.
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Design flaws caused a Tesla Model 3 to suddenly accelerate out of control before it crashed into a utility pole and burst into flames, killing a woman and severely injuring her husband, a lawsuit filed in federal court alleges.
Another defect, with the door handle design, thwarted bystanders who were trying to rescue the driver, Jeff Dennis, and his wife, Wendy, from the car, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Wendy Dennis died in the Jan. 7, 2023, crash in Tacoma, Washington. Jeff Dennis suffered severe leg burns and other injuries, according to the lawsuit.
Yea I love EVs but wtf, stop making the handles recessed. It doesn't add much to range and it only makes using the car harder. I have an EV9 and I hate the handles. Just let us push the handle to pop it out like old entertainment center glass doors.
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Yea I love EVs but wtf, stop making the handles recessed. It doesn't add much to range and it only makes using the car harder. I have an EV9 and I hate the handles. Just let us push the handle to pop it out like old entertainment center glass doors.
There’s also no reason that it’s a software handle. The interior “handles” on the model 3 I’m led to believe are a button with no connection to the handle and there’s an emergency release buried somewhere in the back seat. Saving $0.50 per car just like GM. “The lawsuits are cheaper.”
The rapid acceleration is fun but the average person who’s trying to take off their sweater or reach for their water bottle or whatever in the car is going to accidentally jam the pedal down and kill themselves. I suspect all these “unintended sudden acceleration” are just someone mashing the pedal and not having the reaction time to lift off. Almost every gas car will give you time and audible indication to react. Electric cars - people carriers, with screaming toddlers and pets, not sporty ones - simply reach 100mph in 7 seconds.
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There’s also no reason that it’s a software handle. The interior “handles” on the model 3 I’m led to believe are a button with no connection to the handle and there’s an emergency release buried somewhere in the back seat. Saving $0.50 per car just like GM. “The lawsuits are cheaper.”
The rapid acceleration is fun but the average person who’s trying to take off their sweater or reach for their water bottle or whatever in the car is going to accidentally jam the pedal down and kill themselves. I suspect all these “unintended sudden acceleration” are just someone mashing the pedal and not having the reaction time to lift off. Almost every gas car will give you time and audible indication to react. Electric cars - people carriers, with screaming toddlers and pets, not sporty ones - simply reach 100mph in 7 seconds.
There’s also no reason that it’s a software handle.
There is a reason. It would be easy to argue its not worth it though.
When you pull the door handle the glass window retracts below the rubber weather stripping, then the door latch unlocks and you open the door. When you close the door and it latches, the window moves back up into the weather stripping creating a tight seal.
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There’s also no reason that it’s a software handle.
There is a reason. It would be easy to argue its not worth it though.
When you pull the door handle the glass window retracts below the rubber weather stripping, then the door latch unlocks and you open the door. When you close the door and it latches, the window moves back up into the weather stripping creating a tight seal.
That is not a good reason, that is software built to compensate for a stupid hardware design
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That is not a good reason, that is software built to compensate for a stupid hardware design
That is not a good reason,
I didn't say it was a good reason. The OP said there was no reason. There is a reason.
