IMO if a door has an electronic lock and normally opens with a button (which is dumb), the backup system has to be something you can use if you're on fire and have a concussion after a crash.

Apparently Audis have an electric lock but still use a regular latch instead of a button. In an emergency you can open the door by just pulling harder on that door release latch. In a Fisker you can do it by pulling on the handle twice. In a Ford Mustang if you yank hard on the door handle it acts as a release. These are all things I can see someone doing in an emergency without thinking.