China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles over Safety Concerns(www.autoblog.com)
16 pointsby thunderbong17 hours ago2 comments
  • A_D_E_P_T17 hours ago
    Actually nice to see this kind of common-sense regulation.

    The risk-reward ratio associated with retractable door handles is absurdly skewed. On the one hand, you can get locked in a burning and extremely flammable car if you're involved in any kind of traffic accident. On the other hand, you get a literally imperceptible improvement to aerodynamics and range. Retractable handles just seem extremely stupid in a trivially obvious way.

    • willparks16 hours ago
      Apple is generally my goto for form over function. Or even beauty over function. Generally, I don't want regulators making design decisions, but this might be a good example where safety risk really outweighs sleekness.
      • tstrimple11 hours ago
        The laptop and phone maker with some of the highest performance, best battery life, best screen quality and best trackpad is form over function. Of course this makes sense.
        • willparks11 hours ago
          The company whose top seller is a device intended to go in your pocket and is fragile and slick as a bar of soap. So much so that there is an entire industry to build cases for it. Granted, the market has spoken and it's the best selling device of all time. But both the iphone design and Tesla's door handles demonstrate aesthetic over practicality.
          • tstrimple3 hours ago
            If you think it's fragile, you're completely ignorant to the current state of phone durability. Literally you have zero idea what you're talking about and just commenting out of your ass based on pre-conceived bias.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2I

            Quite frankly you are part of the reason that the modern internet is garbage. You present your "alternative-facts" as if they are truth despite having zero bearing on the truth. You're just a fucking disinformation bot like the MAGA crowd with just as much supporting evidence. You should be ashamed. But you're a green account created to respond so you don't have to show your true feelings on your real account. So you have no shame. You can't even commit to your own opinions on your own account. Despicable.

  • chasing0entropy17 hours ago
    Common sense tech regulation from non ameri-centric societiy is becoming too common. While we (US) are trying to hoard chat bot technology, the rest of the world is hoarding solar, EV, and agricultural tech useful for their survival and ability to flourish in a resource poor world; instead we strive to eliminate jobs while turning water and electricity into text and photoshopped videos.