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If a crash is serious enough to kill the power to the doors, its probably not something you'd be able to do by the time the car was completely stopped, and opening the doors while the crash is in progress seems like a bad idea?
Assuming they want to stay with electronic handles, they could add batteries to each door, a small cell with enough power to pop the door open that is kept charged by the 12v system during regular use. If the door itself is so messed up even that gets wrecked, they probably aren't opening the door anyway due to frame damage.
I've seen talk about making the mechanical release the same button as the electronic one as well.
Yea that's why I'm saying some form of time delay so it can be assumed that the crach has stopped. But that's assuming that mechanism still works.