Congress is moving to rein in one of the auto industry’s flashiest design trends, the flush electronic door handles popularized by Tesla, after a series of crashes in which occupants could not escape.

A federal safety investigation into Tesla’s Model S electronic door handles has drawn fresh legal action, with parents alleging the flush-mounted mechanism trapped their children inside a vehicle ...

Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) recessed door handles are raising safety concerns among customers and regulators in the wake of several fatal – and near fatal – accidents that have prevented drivers and ...

I'm interested in understanding all the failure modes of the various approaches. The door locks prevent exterior people from opening the doors as well. Most cars auto-unlock in the event of a crash ...

Flush door handles can be entirely mechanical; push one end to get the other to pop out using a spring to retain it. These ass-clown engineers building cars that rely on electrical power for ...

Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) is changing the design of the R2 SUV door handles as concerns were raised that the current design made the manual releases difficult to access in the event of a loss of power.

The electronic door handle that Tesla introduced is drawing safety concerns around the world. Because it is embedded in the body surface, it has the advantage of reducing air resistance and offering a ...