Tesla isn’t just a car company. It’s kind of a whole vibe. For two decades, engineers and designers—under Elon Musk’s infamously micro-managing eye, of course—have reimagined entire car components to ...

The US auto safety regulator received more complaints about Tesla door handles after initiating its probe, with owners describing exterior door handles becoming inoperative due to issues with their ...

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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 ...

A fatal crash involving a Xiaomi Corp. SU7 electric sedan on Monday has renewed concerns over electrically powered car-door handles, after bystanders were unable to open the doors and rescue the ...

Rivian is redesigning the interior door handles for the upcoming R2. Electronic door handles and hard-to-locate manual releases have been linked to fatal crashes and are subject of ongoing federal ...

China is preparing to reshape how carmakers design something as simple yet crucial as a door handle. A new draft regulation from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is now open ...

Tesla’s door handle design is notoriously terrible, unintuitive, and dangerous. Customers have been saying it for years. After multiple damning reports, the company might finally be doing something ...

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 ...

Sept 17 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab is looking to combine the electronic and manual door-release mechanisms, which are currently in separate locations, the company's longtime design ...