New bill would require manual door releases on electric latches. It strengthens safety rules with clearer labels and ...

At least 15 people have allegedly died in car crashes due to Tesla doors not opening. Representative Robin Kelly wants to ...

Elon Musk wanted Tesla Inc.’s electric door handles to embody the future — sleek, seamless and emblematic of the cool he envisioned plug-in cars would come to personify. He succeeded: In just over a ...

After a series of fatal crashes linked to electric door handles, China is banning them and forcing automakers to rethink ...

If you get locked on the outside of an EV with a dead low-voltage battery and door latches that need power to work, getting in is inconvenient, but follow a few steps that apply to most cars and ...