A Model S lawsuit claims electronic door handles reduced resale value, even though the plaintiff never experienced a failure ...

Tesla is once again facing legal scrutiny after a newly filed proposed class action alleged a safety defect in certain 2023-2026 Model S vehicles. The complaint, filed in California federal court, ...

This kind of handle, which incorporates both the electric and mechanical ones, is deemed more intuitive and safer for ...

Tesla has been in hot water recently over its door handles. It's facing not just scrutiny from the media and the federal government but lawsuits as well, alleging that injury or death has occurred ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tesla has been hit by another lawsuit over its futuristic flush door handles. A class-action lawsuit alleges that electronic ...

Tesla has come under fire for its door release systems, which could trap passengers when the low-voltage system fails. Last ...

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 ...

According to industry reports, there have been numerous recorded incidents of people being stuck inside Teslas due to not knowing how to manually open the electric door handles. Since several of these ...

Tesla’s flush door handles have trapped at least 140 passengers since 2018, with some incidents resulting in injuries or fatalities. Unlike mechanical car doors that typically fail open, Tesla’s sleek ...

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 ...

Tesla's design chief says the company is planning to redesign interior door handles on its vehicles to combine powered and manual releases. However, the designer, Franz von Holzhausen, stopped short ...