Proposed regulations in China would mean the end of flush handles on car doors, with precious little time to roll out the changes. Car door handles seem innocuous. Tesla’s electronic, retractable ones ...

Nov. 3 (UPI) --Federal regulators have ordered Tesla to comply with an investigation into possibly defective door handles that reportedly led to trapped passengers. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...

More families say Tesla’s electronic door handles failed during power loss, trapping children inside. NHTSA is investigating as pressure mounts for a redesign. Tesla’s electronic door handles have ...

New safety rules could force Tesla to rethink its sleek, flush door handles as regulators raise concerns about accessibility during power loss or crash events. Regulators are scrutinizing Tesla’s ...

It took a while to get started, but the electrically-actuated door handles that Tesla introduced with the Model S in 2012 are now causing an avalanche of lawsuits. The latest was just filed over a ...

A growing debate over the safety of electronic door handles has reached new urgency in Europe, where regulators say design improvements are now a priority. After several crashes and fires left ...

Watch how the Model S door handle works when you reach for it.

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New regulations in China could force Tesla to make major changes to its door handle design, reports Aarian Marshall in Wired. American regulators have also launched an investigation into Tesla’s flush ...