[ Field Footage ] In the People’s Republic of Electric Dreams, even a car door can develop a taste for human flesh. A man in China recently discovered this the hard way when a Pony·ai robotaxi, the kind endlessly promoted as the future of mobility, closed on his hand and simply refused to let go. He yanked, shouted, and twisted while the machine held firm, as if its software had decided that fingers were optional equipment. Bystanders watched the struggle; the door did not budge. What looks like slapstick on video is a straightforward path to crushed bones, severed tendons, and permanent disability. This is not an isolated glitch. It is the predictable result of vehicles rushed to market under political quotas rather than engineering standards. Sensors that cannot distinguish a hand from empty air, doors that lock during thermal runaway, and “autonomous” systems that treat occupants as afterthoughts are features, not bugs, when the priority is hitting production targets and exporting the narrative of technological supremacy. Western regulators at least pretend to investigate door-pinch injuries and fire entrapments; in this system the official response is usually silence, deletion, or a claim that the victim was at fault for existing near the vehicle. Call it a smart car if you like. The evidence shows something closer to a poorly supervised industrial clamp that happens to have wheels. When the door bites and will not release, the only intelligence on display belongs to the person trying to escape it. — Aric