Moving Immobilised Vehicles

I started a thread on immobilised vehicle a couple of years ago (now locked).

https://engx.theiet.org/f/discussions/28694/evs-immobilised-by-flat-batteries-or-breakdowns/125715

There definitely seems to be a problem as a French company has developed systems to extract/move vehicles with all wheels locked.

https://en.eastract.com/

There is at least one system already in use in the UK:

 

Should it be a requirement for manufacturers to have some form of simple manual override to release the vehicle?

Having read the manual for my T Cross it is possible to release the DSG transmission lock by removing the gear lever gaiter and moving the locking detent with a screwdriver (supplied in the toolkit).

It is even more fun with a Tesla:

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-34181E3A-B4A7-4658-906A-38C6647B5664.html

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  • We took the car ferry across Lake Zurich at the weekend and I was interested to see a request not to carry out update on your vehicle as the crossing time was too short, around 10 minutes.

    I guess that they must have had a few cars that wouldn’t move until the update was complete.

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  • We took the car ferry across Lake Zurich at the weekend and I was interested to see a request not to carry out update on your vehicle as the crossing time was too short, around 10 minutes.

    I guess that they must have had a few cars that wouldn’t move until the update was complete.

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