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This, kids, is why we need physical keys, locks, door handles and latches:


“Both the high-voltage and the 12-volt battery were drained, meaning the doors could not be unlocked and the hood could not be opened. Thankfully, Tesla thought about this and fitted a hidden manual release cable for the hood that can be accessed through one of the front wheel wells. However, after nearly half a million miles on the road, the cable snapped when it was pulled on.

A quick chat with Tesla support was useless. The call center worker suggested that the bricked Model S be taken to a body shop that may or may not be able to force the hood to open. But without any power, the car was stuck in park and there was no way to get inside. “
 
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This is the procedure for my R1T, but have never had an issue with my 12V battery to date:


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My Ioniq 5 has a physical backup key which allows you to open the driver's side door via a conventional keyhole in the event of a dead 12V. Once inside you just pop the hood (physical latch like conventional cars) an the 12V is next to the frunk. So you can just boost it like a normal car if you have to. I haven't needed to yet but it's a pretty conventional layout which I appreciate. Kudos to Hyundai for keeping things like this familiar, hopefully Scout does the same.
 
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Cranky Canuck said:
My Ioniq 5 has a physical backup key which allows you to open the driver's side door via a conventional keyhole in the event of a dead 12V. Once inside you just pop the hood (physical latch like conventional cars) a the 12V is next to the frunk. So you can just boost it like a normal car if you have to. I haven't needed to yet but it's a pretty conventional layout which I appreciate. Kudos to Hyundai for keeping things like this familiar, hopefully Scout does the same.
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Let’s hope.
 
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THil08 said:
The grill backlighting needs to stay for production. As much as I’ve heard that some people think it was an afterthought. But hearing The Benj talk about it, it was clearly apart of the design.
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This is the procedure for my R1T, but have never had an issue with my 12V battery to date:


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Wow, I wish my gas cars had this feature. Although I see no reason not to, I'm assuming this means you could also use this to trickle charge your car if it's parked for extended periods of time?
 
Chavannigans said:
Very cool, and naughty lol.

I didnt realize they were already in the RC and drone world.

We have a bunch of Traxxas 1:10 scale crawlers in the garage collecting dust, and I havent been keeping up with that industry.

Very exciting stuff.
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With work, life, and everything else our TRX-4s haven’t seen enough action lately either.
 
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Even Rivians Drive units were large in Gen1, I Believe Gen2 is smaller.

ZF drive units are also small, but nit as small as Lucids. From what I’ve seen in videos.
 
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