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 ...

Rivian has apparently seen the mess Tesla has landed itself in due to its interior door handle design and decided to change course. The EV automaker is now reworking key elements of its doors after ...

A wrongful death lawsuit alleges Tesla’s electronic door handle system trapped a 19-year-old inside a burning Cybertruck. A wrongful death lawsuit alleges Tesla’s electronic door handle system trapped ...

The parents of two college students who died in a Cybertruck crash last fall are suing Tesla, alleging the truck’s door design trapped the victims inside. Separate lawsuits filed Thursday by the ...

Tesla Inc. is working on a redesign of its door handles, which have drawn scrutiny over safety incidents that trapped passengers inside their vehicles. Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s longtime design ...

Tesla is “working on” redesigning its door handles so they are less likely to trap people inside their cars, chief designer Franz von Holzhausen told Bloomberg News on Wednesday. The news comes just ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into reports that faulty electronic door handles on 2021 Tesla Model Y SUVs prevented owners from entering and exiting the vehicles, ...

Auto safety regulators opened an investigation into Tesla Inc. doors, citing incidents in which exterior door handles stopped working and trapped children inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...

Authorities in China are mulling a ban on flush door handles on cars, citing safety concerns, posing a challenge for automakers that have widely adopted the design into their vehicles, especially EVs ...

Door handles get a lot of use, and they’re often left off of weekly chore lists. The hardware is in contact with dirty, germy hands all day, and exterior handles are exposed to dirt, dust, pollen, and ...

Hidden door handles is a design element that has been widely adopted in the cars we see today, especially EVs. However, according to CarNewsChina (CNC), authorities in China are planning to place a ...