Hi! I am asking due to a recent experience that I had when my Tesla MS 2015 had told me to pull over due to low battery (50 miles left) and then suddenly shut off about 20 minutes later. I couldn't turn it back on nor could the tow truck person that came to help take the car. Fortunately he was able to use a method to wedge the car up to pull onto the tow, but it made me question why the car wouldn't be able to force shift to neutral? Is it due the computerization or the inherent nature of the electric motors? I have heard of newer ICE cars that can't force shift to neutral due to the computerization (dunno how true my armchair research was). But my 2002 honda civic was able to do so when there isn't any power.
It also made me question whether or not if there was a manual way to open the car door from the inside if both the 12V and HV battery were out too. I actually rolled down the windows prior to the battery dying in this case (fortunately at this point the 12V was still charged, so the test situation never arose).
It also made me question whether or not if there was a manual way to open the car door from the inside if both the 12V and HV battery were out too. I actually rolled down the windows prior to the battery dying in this case (fortunately at this point the 12V was still charged, so the test situation never arose).