Tesla has been harshly criticized in the past for its electromechanical door releases, which proved a hazard to occupants in the case of a crash. With the refreshed Model Y, Tesla has made progress in ...

There’s been a lot of pushback on electronic door handles lately, as multiple carmakers — especially Tesla — have been accused of making manual door releases too hard to find and access during an ...

Tesla's chief designer told Bloomberg that it's working to combine its electronic and manual door releases. Tesla's design chief told Bloomberg that the company is working on an update to its door ...

Lately, Tesla has received plenty of attention—legal and otherwise—for the electromechanical door system in some of its vehicles, like the Cybertruck and Model Y. Rivian adopted similar tech in the ...

For well over a decade, some production cars have shown up to owners with electric door poppers. The technology isn’t exclusive to electric vehicles or exactly novel, either. The C5 Chevrolet Corvette ...