The Tesla owner said getting stuck in his driveway was "annoying as hell," and he tried everything from hosing the car down to jumping the battery.

Any other car has a physical key as a backup. If the battery dies you can use the physical key to open it up and pop the hood to get to the battery to charge it.

With a Tesla you can’t do that because they don’t have a physical key.

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There’s a manual latch on the front that works for the battery if it’s dead to open the hood. This isn’t news it’s just clickbait Tesla hate.

The article itself says the owner tried to jump it several times before having to get it towed… like he would have for every other car brand.

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No there isn’t

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There are wires that hang out of the left tow hook you can use to pop the electronic latch but you need another battery to do that.

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