What happened

Luckily everything went well. The child was rescued from the vehicle left on the street, where the temperature rose to 37 degrees at that time. But for this, firefighters had to break the window with an axe.

The owner of the car, Renee Sanchez, was taking her grandson to the zoo, but after putting her child in the Model Y, she closed the door and could not open it again.

My phone key was not working. My car key did not fit
– said Sanchez in an interview.

He called 911 and firefighters came to help.

This once again raises the question of why there’s no easy way to unlock the car from the outside when the 12-volt battery that powers things like door locks and windows loses power. In the Model Y, you can open the doors if you are inside the car., when de-energized: There is a latch to open the front door and a cable to open the rear door. But it was an unlikely task for the little boy who was strapped into his car seat while Sanchez was outside the vehicle.

Such situations occur quite often with people who forget to monitor whether their car is charged:

• The same publication had previously reported about a woman trapped inside a Model Y; However, once the woman learned a way to unlock the car from the inside, she was able to get out of the car quickly and easily.
• In another incident last year, a driver said he was stuck in his Model Y on a hot day and was only able to get out with the help of his sister.