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 ...

You’re at the baseball field. You just dropped your kid off. Midway through a peaceful walk to the bleachers, your phone buzzes: “A door on your Tesla Model X is open.” No problem, you think. Open the ...

A Tesla driver and two kids were burned alive after crashing into a tree because rescuers were unable to open the electronic doors, according to police. The car burst into flames in Germany on Sept. 7 ...

The agency is investigating reports that electronic doors on one model couldn’t be opened from outside, trapping children or others inside. By Jack Ewing Federal auto safety regulators have opened an ...

It’s not just in the United States where Tesla is facing scrutiny over its electric door handles. Shortly after it was revealed that safety regulators in the US were probing the door handles of the ...

At least 15 deaths have been linked to Tesla crashes involving faulty electric doors, raising serious safety and regulatory concerns. At least 15 Tesla crash deaths involved doors failing to open ...