Perhaps it’s time for the industry to look to Lexus and Audi for solutions to this rather serious concern.

For over a decade, some production cars have been offered to owners with electric door openers. The technology is not unique or completely new to electric vehicles. C5 Chevrolet The Corvette has electronic door opening mechanisms, just like the Dodge Viper.

In the US, any car with this type of door opening mechanism must have a manual backup, and that’s where we find our problem today. Each automaker decides where and how to use this manual backup. Let’s take a quick look at exactly where Dodge decided to put them in the new model. Charger Daytona.

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Carscoops was there Los Angeles Auto Show to see the new Charger Daytona. One thing we noticed right away was the door release button in the cabin. It’s located on the side of the door card, and passengers will likely use their thumbs to hit it when they want to get out.

It also immediately made us wonder where the manual backup was. Here are a few photos of the door card. Take a moment and see if you can spot it. If you can’t find it, move on to the next one as you get closer to the handle.

Note that the manual release is slightly deep and forward on the door card. It is completely out of sight from the driver’s seat. New jeep The Wagoneer S has a similar design with the manual version being slightly easier to find and access. It is easy to understand why some condemn such attitudes. Will drivers who are unfamiliar with the car be able to exit the car in the event of a crash or power outage?

This is a real problem for many people Tesla’s Drivers started to complain. While it is undoubtedly the responsibility of an adult driving to understand how to escape in an emergency, it is easy to understand why people become confused by these types of handles.

To Tesla’s credit, the manual release button on the front door is typically located right above the armrest and is much more visible and easier to use than the one on the Dodge Charger Daytona. Also, the rear door opening handle is sometimes under the carpet in the middle of the back seat. This is not simple or easy to find in an emergency.

This isn’t even a problem that should be because some automakers like Lexus and Audi seem to have a very simple and elegant solution. They still use a physical handle to open the doors instead of offering a button. When pulled, the electric door opener slowly engages. In an emergency, a full hard pull on the same lever will activate the physical backup and the door will open.

In some cases, the button that activates the electric release is also a handle that passengers can pull out to engage the manual release. Should door handles be required like on Lexus and Audi products, or should automakers have the freedom to add manual door handles as they see fit? Let us know your thoughts below!

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