RGB@group.lt to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNew Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Soundswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareNutWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months ago“That’s harder than it sounds.” Is it, though? Is it really? We’ve been making manual car door latches for 100 years. It’s only hard for Musk, and only because he just doesn’t want to do it.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSeriously. Every other car maker has figured out how to make normal door handles. You can even buy the parts directly from them if you find it too hard to design yourself.
“That’s harder than it sounds.”
Is it, though? Is it really? We’ve been making manual car door latches for 100 years.
It’s only hard for Musk, and only because he just doesn’t want to do it.
Seriously. Every other car maker has figured out how to make normal door handles. You can even buy the parts directly from them if you find it too hard to design yourself.