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 ...

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.

More families are coming forward saying Tesla’s electronic door handles failed, trapping their children inside as panic set ...

Two Californians were trapped in a burning Cybertruck because electronic doors made it difficult for them to get out or be rescued, lawsuits claim. By Jack Ewing Reporting from Piedmont, Calif. The ...

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

PIEDMONT, Calif. -- The parents of a college student killed in a Tesla Cybertruck crash in Piedmont say she was trapped in the car as it burst into flames because of a design flaw that made it nearly ...

The parents of a college student in a Tesla crash say she was killed by flames and smoke as she tried but failed to escape the burning car because of a design flaw making it difficult to open the ...

The family of a college student killed in a Cybertruck car crash has sued Tesla, claiming the design of the vehicle’s doors were a “death trap.” Krysta Tsukahara, 19, and two others were killed when ...