Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three
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The Highway Patrol’s investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.

Summary

A Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont last November, killing three college students after hitting a cement wall and bursting into flames.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) attributed the crash to intoxication and high speed but found that the victims likely died from the fire.

Testimony revealed the vehicle’s doors would not open after the crash, preventing rescue attempts. A survivor was pulled out after a bystander broke a window with a tree branch.

The CHP’s investigation into the crash remains ongoing.

    • NotLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      3 days ago
      1. Elon musk is very rich.
      2. Elon musk is doing favours for the cult leader who is also president
    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Well, the government organization that allowed consumers to complain, get the money back along with a settlement, and have the product recalled, was recently “fed into a wood chipper” by the guy who makes the cybertrucks.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Are they saying the doors were not damaged and still didn’t open? I could see the doors being damaged and resulting in them not opening. I’m sure that’s common.

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        The doors use a push button mechanism to open. There’s no handle, no place to grip, nothing. You tap a button, that opens the door. Meaning if the internal electronics have been messed up, congratulations, that door isn’t opening.

        • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          You can open the door by basically disassembling it and pulling on a cord, but nobody knows how to do that