The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into claims that Tesla’s door handles become inoperable in certain situations on Model Y SUVs. The safety agency’s Office ...

Reporting from the Chinese outlet Mingjing Pro suggests China may soon ban completely hidden exterior door handles. Globally, hidden handles have been criticized as being finicky and possibly ...

Electronic and flush-mount door handles are getting attention from regulators. Safety advocates are calling for change following several high-profile crashes where hard-to-find or ...

Tesla is set to redesign its door handles following reports of children becoming trapped inside vehicles, particularly in the Tesla Model Y. This decision comes after investigations were prompted by ...

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 ...

Once again, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary investigation into Tesla, this time focusing on the Model Y's electronic door handles following multiple ...

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When firefighter Max Walsh saw smoke rising in the distance, he figured he was sprinting toward yet another car fire. As a firefighter, he’d seen plenty of them, but this time, he was actually headed ...

Tesla is under investigation for faulty electronic door handles that can trap people inside their vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched the probe, saying it was ...

The electronic door handles can lose power, locking people inside the vehicle. Children are especially vulnerable to this defect. The electronic door handles can lose power, locking people inside the ...

After years of treating electric door handles as a design triumph, Tesla now finds itself redesigning them for a less glamorous reason: people, including children, keep getting stuck inside its cars.