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 ...

A new lawsuit was filed in Wisconsin against Tesla, alleging that the defective door designs prevented the passengers from ...

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 ...

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.

A Wisconsin family sues Tesla after a Model S fire killed two occupants, alleging faulty electronic doors trapped them inside ...

The couple survived the initial impact after the four-door sedan slammed into a tree – but were unable to escape the fire ...

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

Tesla Inc. was sued over a crash in Wisconsin last November that killed all five occupants of a Model S who allegedly became ...

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

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 ...