Electric door actuators are hardly a new idea. They’ve become a common sight across the auto industry, yet they seem to draw most attention, and the sharpest criticism, when attached to a Tesla. Over ...

Feds want Tesla to hand over internal documents about complaints and accidents related to electronic door handles ...

From Tesla to Lexus, more and more vehicles have doors with an electronic button instead of a manual latch. CR lets you know how to open them in an emergency.

Tesla is looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency following several accidents where passengers were reportedly trapped in burning vehicles because rescuers could not open ...

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 ...

The U.S. auto safety regulator investigating whether certain Tesla Inc. door handles are defective received more complaints ...

FEARS are mounting over modern hidden door handles – following a spate of passenger deaths linked to the futuristic mechanisms. It comes after electric car giant Tesla was hit by a United ...

Safety experts have raised concerns over the reliability of Tesla-style car door handles after they were blamed for the deaths of passengers. Car safety officials at the United Nations have sounded ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla after reports that parents had to break windows to get their children out of the car. The investigation comes after numerous ...