The Jaguar I-Pace has CD drives for door handles

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 02/16/2020 at 17:00 • Filed to: None

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Is this how you install software updates?

As seen at the Pittsburgh Auto Show. Unfortunately, when I pressed the button, it did not eject .

Not a flattering angle of, frankly, a not-particularly-attractive car

The handles are also very low on the doors, as can be seen above.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > MM54 02/16/2020 at 17:11

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So, I don’t see the tiny hole you poke a paper clip through to force the door open when the disc jams in it...

Maybe somebody needs to tell Musk about paper clip technology?

MM54 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 02/16/2020 at 17:14

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I can hear the stripping gears in that picture. Hopefully those pop out via solenoid and not motor, but I have doubts.

feather-throttle-not-hair > MM54 02/16/2020 at 17:15

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For some reason, whenever I see “I-pace” written, I want to pronounce it with an Italian accent in my head so it comes out like “ eee pachay”

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > MM54 02/16/2020 at 17:19

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The “engineering teardown” on the Tesla implementation of this terrible idea is hilarious— a maddening mish-mash of gears, actuators, micro-switches, linear motors, sprockets and badly-spec’d wiring materials.

Given the history with Jag I can’t imagine it’s much better.

camarov6rs > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 02/16/2020 at 17:22

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I remember Land Rover showing a video of theirs in action and they actually specified the thickness of ice the handles could blast through

Aremmes > MM54 02/16/2020 at 17:24

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CD drive? All I see is a cup holder.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > camarov6rs 02/16/2020 at 17:27

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On an EV, with all that battery power, you could imagine a well-placed heating element weakening the glacier around the door handle, too.

I think the “Tesla support recommendation” is to softly pound on the ice with the butt of your hand.  A manual override of some sort seems warranted...

MM54 > Aremmes 02/16/2020 at 17:42

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Also works for bagels

camarov6rs > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 02/16/2020 at 17:50

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Agreed. I thought vehicles with electric handles had a mandated physical bypass. At least the current gen corvette is an example on the interior.

Alex B > MM54 02/16/2020 at 17:57

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I was there yesterday! I was disappointed the i-pace was locked. 

Tapas > MM54 02/16/2020 at 18:34

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Yeah, they’re using CD keys.

facw > MM54 02/16/2020 at 19:59

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That’s a Model 3 (S and X don’t have the bit that sticks up at the back), so it’s just a lever, you push at the back to get the front to pop out. No motors or solenoids at all there, all manual operation.

facw > MM54 02/16/2020 at 20:03

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Saw an Evoque yesterday with it’s handles stuck out. Don’t know if that means the owner left their keys in the car, or if they just don’t work right in the bitter cold...

In any event, a pretty similar look:

MM54 > Tapas 02/16/2020 at 21:10

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Do I have to type in a serial number from the booklet to get it to start?

MM54 > Alex B 02/16/2020 at 21:12

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It was pretty good. I’ve not been to this one before; typically some friends and I go to Detroit in January, but with that moved into the summer we figured this would be suitable early-year car show- ing. There were a few locked cars that were surprising, considering some of the other stuff that wasn’t locked (s-class, supra, $100k trucks, etc) .

MM54 > facw 02/16/2020 at 21:13

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That does look like the same part, more or less. I’m glad they come straight out and not at an angle or anything, really helps with the disk-drive aesthetic

Tapas > MM54 02/16/2020 at 23:07

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No, the serial number is  on a flimsy and small piece of paper in the CD box that you lose immediately

shop-teacher > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/16/2020 at 23:27

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Well, that's going to happen for me now too!

shop-teacher > MM54 02/16/2020 at 23:27

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Whelp, can't under that!