The red circle shows where the electronic door release, more like a button, is located on a 2021 Tesla Model S. If the car loses power, the release might not work. Photo: John Powers/Consumer Reports ...

Ask any electronics hobbyist or professional what the simplest building blocks of electronic circuits are, and they’ll undoubtedly say resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Ask a mechanically… ...

The red circle shows where the electronic door release, more like a button, is located in a 2021 Tesla Model S. But if the car loses power, the release might not work.

All of these also have some sort of manual release mechanism that may not be immediately apparent. The owner's manual for the Tesla Model Y shows where the mechanical release is hidden. Photo: Tesla ...