[SwissXC90]

Originally Posted by canis

In these times of electric everything, even the tailgate (like seriously, what next? Automatic petrol-flap?) - why do we carry a can of de-icer? Why isn't there a de-icing squirter in the bonnet, electronically operated?

I had my car parked at a ski resort once for a week.
After one week, the snow fall had frozen on the car, locking the doors closed under 1cm of solid ice.
I only got 1 from 5 doors open, to reach inside and get the de-icer (stupid me, should have been in my luggage in the hotel)
I then had to use the de-icer to free the other doors so I could open them.
And then managed to start the diesel (it was a Skoda Octavia) and get the engine heating and defoggers going.

No modern tech will stop external snow and ice freezing on the doors stopping you from opening them..... that's what the de-icer is for.

But you need the de-icer outside the car, not stored inside the car....