Eventually, firefighters arrived and broke a window, and the child was upset but unharmed. The culprit was the EV's 12-volt battery, which powers functions including the car's automatic door locks. Tesla owners are supposed to receive multiple ...

But the issue raises concerns about why there isn’t an easy way to open the car from the outside when its 12-volt battery — the one that powers things like its door locks and windows — loses power. The car’s owner,

A 20-month-old girl was trapped inside a Tesla Model Y after the vehicle's battery died without warning — in the middle of an Arizona heat wave. As local CBS-affiliated news station AZFamily reports,

Just one day after media reported that a Phoenix-area woman was trapped in her Tesla when the car's battery died, a follow-up story reveals a similar incident with a toddler in the disabled vehicle: the 20-month-old granddaughter of Renee Sanchez.