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		davrosthedalek 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Four dead in fire as Tesla doors fail to open afte... Bowden cables are dirt cheap.

eptcyka 9 months ago [–]

The cables are cheap, designing a door latch system to be easy to install/cheap to manufacture is not. Why do you think all parking brakes on all ICE vehicles have turned electric now?

newaccount74 9 months ago | [–]

Probably because forgetting to pull the handbrake is a very common cause of accidents?

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