[Spktyr]

Doors are *not* automatically unlocked per design in an accident in most cars even today.

What I don’t think you’re getting is that these cars do not have a manual override if power to the door locks are cut or the controls fail. There’s no knob or flap you can hit or pull to open the lock mechanism.

[TexasGator]

“Doors are *not* automatically unlocked per design in an accident in most cars even today.”

Manual locks don’t but electric locks do.

“What I don’t think you’re getting is that these cars do not have a manual override if power to the door locks are cut or the controls fail. There’s no knob or flap you can hit or pull to open the lock mechanism.”

On the Tesla the same ‘flap’ that electrically unlocks the door from the inside also unlocks the door manually.