[yibg]

There were plenty of older frameless doors where the door itself opens mechanically and the window lowers slightly. A lot of the older subarus for example.

What's special about Tesla (or any of the other newer cars with full electrical door opening mechanisms) that makes this not an option?

[cyberax]

> What's special about Tesla (or any of the other newer cars with full electrical door opening mechanisms) that makes this not an option?

Cost-cutting, mostly.

[Citizen_Lame]

It's impossible cannot be done. They tried nothing and were out of ideas.