China will ban electric retractable door handles from 2027. New rules require mechanical handles that work after crashes. ...

Chinese regulators are considering a ban on fully retractable car door handles, citing safety hazards and functional deficiencies. Tesla, which pioneered the "auto-presenting" door handles on the ...

Retractable door handles, popularized by Tesla, are now found on many electric vehicles. However, if automakers want to do ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

China is about to ban a popular feature on new cars. Retractable door handles on cars will be banned in China from January ...

Automotive engineer and former Tesla employee [SuperfastMatt] takes at look at the notorious Tesla door handle design and how it’s changed over the years (see the video below the break). The original ...

Traffic safety regulators are reviewing a motorist's complaints that the manual door handles on some Model 3 cars are hard to ...

Instead of a simple, familiar mechanical latch, it’s now common for a car’s exterior door handles to remain flush against the door until the car is unlocked, requiring an electric motor to open. On ...

Tesla has made a tiny change to Model Y that will save owners some headaches by helping people get out of the car the right way. On Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla didn’t install regular door handles with ...