On January 6, 2026, Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) dropped what is shaping up to be one of the oddest yet potentially impactful pieces of automotive legislation in recent memory: the Securing ...

Tesla's potentially deadly door handles attract more scrutiny as more petitions arrive at the NHTSA. After opening an investigation into the emergency door release system in the Tesla Model Y, the ...

Tesla might be forced to redesign its door handles sooner than it wanted, following a new bill introduced by Congresswoman Robin Kelly of Illinois. The Securing Accessible Functional Emergency (SAFE) ...

It is one of the more remarkable features of the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan: door handles that retract flush with the body until needed. But the retracting door handles proved tricky in ...

Following a spate of fatal incidents involving Tesla models with door handles that allegedly couldn’t be opened after a crash, and several lawsuits, we now have our first chance to see the new inner ...

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 ...

Florida man’s Model S had three out of four of its door handles fail after only a few years of use. Class-action lawsuit filed over faulty Tesla Model S door handles. Plaintiff claims Tesla knew, or ...

Tesla rarely stays out of the headlines for long. Over the last year, alleged issues surrounding autonomous driving and door-handle functionality have been the focus. Now, a new lawsuit involving door ...

An Illinois Democrat is calling for a new standard for vehicle doors that would likely require Tesla Inc. to modify its design, which has been tied to more than a dozen deaths as passengers struggled ...

The plaintiff claims the allegedly defective flush-style door handles in his 2023 Tesla Model S led to “economic injury.” Tesla helped mainstream flush-style door handles by pairing their minimalist ...