Tesla Doors: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where it Wouldn't Open

As part of a broad investigation into the risks of electric door handles, Bloomberg attempted to quantify for the first time the number of fatal crashes in the US in which door functionality played a role. This reporting turned up at least 15 deaths in a dozen incidents over the past decade in which occupants or rescuers were unable to open the doors of a Tesla that had crashed and caught fire.

And the really dumb part --- there is no obvious logical, practical reason to adopt electric instead of mechanical door latches. It's mostly just a capricious design choice with adverse safety effects. Brought to you by the engineering genius of Tesla.