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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Ford is halting Mustang Mach-E sales due to a recall impacting over 300,000 vehicles (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thats a good point. I guess with the doors the way that they are they're technically always 'locked'

Although there's still a physical lock solenoid built into the doors. You can hear it when you lock and unlock the doors from the inside.

Regardless, its pretty rare that you'd be in a situation where the 12v battery was working fine to open the doors and died in the middle of your trip, causing this situation with a pet or a child inside.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed. It used to be more common. The traction battery charges the 12v while the car is moving. When parked, it will stop charging the 12v when the traction battery is below 25%. The cutoff used to be 50% be that was changed with an OTA patch.