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 safety records show the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received complaints that Tesla’s electronic door handles sometimes fail to open when low‑voltage power drops, ...

I probably like the new Nissan Z more than most people. Enough that if you gave me a $50,000 budget, it's probably the new car that I would buy. The design just does it for me in a way that I can ...

Volkswagen says that flush door handles are "terrible to operate." The brand pledges to give models "proper" door handles. Volkswagen is getting ready for a big electric push that includes the ID.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has already done plenty to cause reasonable people to write off the entire company forever, but its vehicles also have plenty of issues on their own. MotorTrend lived with the ...

The families of Krysta Tsukahara, 19, and Jack Nelson, 20, have each filed separate lawsuits against Tesla, over a deadly 2024 crash in Piedmont involving a Cybertruck. Attorneys for both families say ...

To be fair, I like normal keyless entry (ie, fob that detects close proximity when you trigger the handle), and I'm assuming that needs a circuit board of some sort. But...it's also basically a solved ...

Electronic and flush-mount door handles are getting attention from regulators. Safety advocates are calling for change following several high-profile crashes where hard-to-find or ...

A new lawsuit has been filed against Tesla over the death of a young man in one of its Model Y vehicles, blaming Tesla’s electronic door handle design for trapping the driver inside the car after a ...

In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology. In the formative ...

I have to say, I’m increasingly moving to side of the “house” that says critical safety features — doors being able to be opened at all times, braking, and steering — have to have manual or wire-by ...