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 ...

Model Y interior / Courtesy of Tesla" > As electric vehicles continue to dominate the roads, curiosity about electronic door ...

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 ...

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.

(AP) - Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into possible defects in Tesla doors that have reportedly left parents with children trapped in the back seat and forced to break ...

NHTSA expands its probe after more Tesla owners say faulty door handles trapped their children inside. Regulators push for ...

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working, trapping children inside. The National ...

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