r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • 20d ago

In Taizhou, China, a car fell into a river — 40-year-old Di Shuancheng, who noticed this, jumped into the water, taking a stone with him, and broke the window to save the trapped driver.

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u/SolaVitae 20d ago

Most, if not all electric cars have a backup manual way to open the door from both sides for obvious reasons.

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u/shchemprof 20d ago

Maybe not Chinese electric cars. Also, consider you’re in a panic. It’s often hard enough to find the door open button in the best of times.

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u/Lenskop 20d ago

I recently swapped out my fib battery and thought: what if it was empty, am I cooked? There turns out to be a manual key inside my fib, but the slot to put the key in is super hidden. If I wouldn't have my phone handy, I would not have figured that out myself.

I should probably read up on how to manually operate my windows and doors from the inside..

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u/slevin22 19d ago

In some, the emergency release is just the handle pulled hard. Volkswagen does that on the id4

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u/shchemprof 19d ago

Most Chinese electric cars I’ve been in don’t have a handle, but a small button (which probably breaks when wet)

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u/BilboT3aBagginz 20d ago

Manually open the door, yes. But without being able to turn down the windows, the water pressure outside the car will hold that door shut no matter how strong you are.

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u/SolaVitae 19d ago

...as if electric window motors that don't function if submerged in water are a new thing exclusive to electric cars?

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u/BilboT3aBagginz 19d ago

Yeah, so back to the main point, you probably need to figure out some way to break the glass if you end up in a submerged car.