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Every vehicle I've ever worked on had purely mechanical latches both for the primary and the secondary backup latches. But.. I admit that I haven't worked on any vehicles any newer than from around 2010, so yeah there's probably some vehicles out there that use a partly electronic partly mechanical latch these days.
Still, yeah that secondary latch is pretty darn important. But given Elmo's infinite wisdom, I'm sure he went with a purely electronic option instead, I mean you don't want people sticking their fingers under the hood to unlatch the backup latch, only to get their fingers chopped off from the sharp edges..
It truly is amazing just how unsafe the Cyberdump piece of shit really is...
I didn't think of the finger severer. Yes, it's probably a safety feature to counter the bad design.
Now imagine you somehow got your fingers stuck in there, but luckily they weren't chopped off, only injured. But oh shit, now the frunk (can I slap whoever coined that stupid word) is stuck shut and won't open.
What do? Call 911 and Tesla, or just call 911 and have someone grab a crowbar or two? Would emergency services bust out the jaws of life?...
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Frunk is probably European origin, since it was being used for rear/mid engine vehicles long before EVs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8mkW1rjWr4
Or a child, whose finger it would probably sever.
if the truck can sever a deer in half, it would have no problem doing it to something less robust.
Ok, granted, it's a badass deer huntin' truck.
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