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		rabuse on Dec 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using t... Exactly. Couldn't they just have some system where the door handles have a magnetic dead-switch, that reverts to manual operation when no power is applied?

brokenmachine on Dec 14, 2021 [–]

The battery might not have enough juice to unlock the doors, but still not be completely dead. Of course with good design that shouldn't be a problem.

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