Surveillance video at home in Coconut Grove captured the moment when a naked man ran towards the backyard and started pulling on a door's handle, and now, a woman who was inside with her family is ...

The EV giant has copped criticism from owners and regulators over a door handle design flaw which has left occupants trapped and, in severe cases, caused fatalities. Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s ...

Tesla is “working on” redesigning its door handles so they are less likely to trap people inside their cars, chief designer Franz von Holzhausen told Bloomberg News on Wednesday. The news comes just ...

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

Who says journalism is dead? Less than a week after Bloomberg published a damning report about Tesla's "dangerous doors," the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now looking ...

Tesla is facing fresh scrutiny from US safety regulators, this time over electric door handles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Tuesday that it has opened a probe ...

UPDATE 9/23/25: With Tesla facing scrutiny over the safety of its electric door handles, the brand's design chief Franz von Holzhausen said there are plans to redesign them, as reported by Bloomberg.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Federal regulators are investigating Tesla Model Y door handles after receiving nine reports of electronic systems ...

As automakers continue to add electronic features to vehicles, it seems as if the physical controls have all been forgotten, including the car door. More and more manufacturers are moving toward ...