It would force automakers to make manual override latches easier to use, as well. The Securing Accessible Functional Emergency (SAFE) Exit Act would require the National Highway Traffic Safety ...

An Illinois Democrat is calling for a new standard for vehicle doors that would likely require Tesla Inc. to modify its design, which has been tied to more than a dozen deaths as passengers struggled ...

Congress is moving to rein in one of the auto industry’s flashiest design trends, the flush electronic door handles popularized by Tesla, after a series of crashes in which occupants could not escape.

After bombshell reporting from Bloomberg unearthed what appears to be a fatal pattern of electrically operated Tesla doors not opening properly following crashes, Robin Kelly wanted to do something.

Electric door latches, like those on the popular Tesla Model 3, may get a redesign if one Illinois legislator has her way. Congressional representative Robin Kelly introduced a bill January 6 that ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...