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 ...

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 ...

Tesla is under scrutiny in China and the US for its electric door handles, with an NHTSA investigation launched earlier this week. The investigation was prompted after owners reported being unable to ...

Another family is suing Tesla after a fatal crash where rescuers allegedly couldn't open the vehicle's doors to save trapped occupants. This latest lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, highlights a ...

Tesla's design chief told Bloomberg that the company is working on an update to its door releases. Tesla's electronic door handles are being investigated by America's top road safety regulator over ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a defect investigation into Tesla's Model 3 vehicles over the car door's release. NHTSA already investiging door handles on Tesla Model Y.

PIEDMONT, Calif. - Tesla said it will look into redesigning the way to open some of its car doors following a federal investigation into passengers, especially children, being trapped inside its ...

A set of new-looking door releases were spotted in the Tesla Cybercab. Tesla committed to changing its door handles last year after regulators began to crack down on electronic releases. It's not ...

Two separate families sued Tesla on Thursday over its door design, alleging it prevented their college-aged children from escaping a burning Cybertruck after a crash last November. The parents of ...