Tesla is again under scrutiny from the safety regulators, this time because of its electronic door handles. After receiving nine complaints about inoperative door handles, the NHTSA opened a ...

Tesla has been harshly criticized in the past for its electromechanical door releases, which proved a hazard to occupants in the case of a crash. With the refreshed Model Y, Tesla has made progress in ...

Sometimes technology isn’t actually an improvement over the thing it replaced. Smart TVs over regular TVs, software-as-a-service as opposed to just buying a perpetual licence, that sort of stuff.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into about 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles from the 2021 model year after reports that their electronic ...

Tesla's Model Y is known for its swooshing handles that sit flush with its doors. Now, US auto-safety regulators are investigating whether some of those handles are putting children at risk of getting ...

The Tesla Model Y's flush-mounted electronic door handles are under scrutiny after U.S. regulators started looking into more than 174,000 Model Y crossovers with door handles that could fail during ...

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 ...

Tesla is now under a new federal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to an Office of Defects Investigation announcement on September 15, 2025—but it isn't ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating after reports of Model Y door-handle issues. Nine vehicle owners reported issues with Tesla's handles to the NHTSA, including ...