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As the hidden doorknob can better reduce wind resistance and increase mileage, it has become the design of more and more new energy vehicles, but this design has also encountered some problems. A few days ago, some netizens revealed that some owners of Tesla, located in colder areas, found that the door could not be opened when they were ready to use the vehicle, because the door handle was "too cold" to open.

According to the video taken by Tesla's owner, no matter how the Tesla owner swiped the card key, Tesla's door handle did not respond, even though the car owner could not open the door even though he pressed the hidden door handle. It is worth mentioning that many Tesla car owners also shared the situation that the car door could not be opened on the social media platform.

In a "Tesla Wechat group", many friends are already complaining about the same problem. Apart from the fact that the car door cannot be opened, the car owner reflects that the folded rearview mirror cannot be unfolded normally because of freezing, and some car owners do not know how to solve it. They choose to pour hot water on the rearview mirror, but it doesn't help. Some car owners even said that "the reflector and the door could not be opened." sometimes they struggled to close the door in the car, but the screen showed that the door was open.

In response, Tao Lin, vice president of foreign affairs of Tesla, responded on Weibo in the middle of this month: the temperature of the car is relatively high when parking, and it is easy to freeze when snow melts into water, which can also be seen in other brand cars. It can be solved by turning on the warm air and raising the temperature inside the car remotely in advance.

Tesla officials also said that if the car door freezes, it is recommended that the bottom of the fist knock on the door handle a few times to remove the ice. For the rearview mirror frozen, it is recommended to open the rearview mirror heating and car air conditioning, you can also try to manually push the auxiliary rearview mirror to unfold, please do not break hard, so as not to cause damage to the rearview mirror.

As a matter of fact, this situation happened to many Tesla owners last year, especially in overseas areas with more than 20 degrees below zero. The doorknob of Tesla Model 3 was too cold to move at all. Even if the doorknob can barely eject, the door will be difficult to open because of the ice in the rubber seal next to the door.

Although some car owners in order to make better use of the vehicle, turn on the vehicle preheating function in advance, so that the temperature in the cockpit rises to 22 ℃. It will be better to get into the vehicle in this case, but this method is not 100% effective for the icing problem, or it is actually a waste of time.

At present, this kind of situation basically occurs in some areas where there is heavy snow, such as in the south. Some netizens believe that in order to prevent the rearview mirror from being irrevocable, it is best not to fold the rearview mirror when parking outdoors in winter, although this happens on Tesla, it also happens in traditional fuel cars. However, compared with traditional fuel-fueled cars, the cruising mileage of electric cars will be greatly reduced in winter, which is also regarded as its current drawback, which is unsolved for the time being.

In order to reduce wind resistance and increase the sense of fashion, it is indeed novel for many new energy vehicles to use hidden door knobs, but when using vehicles for this reason, increasing the time and annoyance of using cars does make car owners have some helplessness.

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