Tesla faces scrutiny as European regulators push for urgent changes to electronic door handle safety after multiple fatal ...

Flush door handles may look cool, but they're a safety concern, and Tesla has received criticism for the design for years.

New Chinese regulations could force carmakers to shift away from flush door handles that make it difficult to open doors manually.

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working, trapping children inside. The National ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating after reports of Model Y door-handle issues. Nine vehicle owners reported issues with Tesla's handles to the NHTSA, including ...

Many newer cars have replaced the tried-and-true door handle with complex electronic versions. Here’s how to operate their manual releases in an emergency. Using the electronic door handle in a 2017 ...

Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s chief designer, revealed on Bloomberg’s Hot Pursuit! podcast that the company is now working on ...

The families of two young adults who died in a 2024 crash and fire are taking Tesla to court. The crash involved a Cybertruck in Piedmont in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Eve last year. The ...

No regulations bar the use of electronic car door handles, and they continue to to be a much-touted feature of some EVs. But if the car loses power, every person—whether they’ve read the owner’s ...

Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into possible defects in Tesla doors that have reportedly left parents with children trapped in the back seat and forced to break windows ...

A fatal crash involving a Xiaomi Corp. SU7 electric sedan on Monday has renewed concerns over electrically powered car-door ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into a possible defect in Tesla door handles that have reportedly left parents unable to reach into back seats to get ...