Report this to NHTSA as a safety defect. Being trapped inside the car with power gone is a safety issue. The “team” of engineers, accountants, and marketeers who specified this need a collective punch in the groin. This is idiotic as an anti-theft feature … if someone wants in to the car, they’ll just break a window.
As far as being a Luddite … we need more Luddism in engineering. Ludd-Ludd-Luddudd! Having a cumpuker control every critical system with no manual override or physical interlock is a Therac-25 level of stupidity.
