Given Elon Musk's habit of revealing snippets of information when he talks, electric-car advocates, owners, and industry analysts pore over any live event at which the Tesla Motors CEO presents. On ...

A new lawsuit alleges that Tesla's poor door handle design on the 2016 Model S led to 5 deaths in a 2024 Wisconsin crash.

The EV giant has copped criticism from owners and regulators over a door handle design flaw which has left occupants trapped and, in severe cases, caused fatalities. Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s ...

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working, trapping children inside. The National ...

One of the most important additions to the high-end Tesla brand in recent years was the announcement of updated versions of ...

Tesla Inc. was sued over a crash in Wisconsin last November that killed all five occupants of a Model S who allegedly became ...

Tesla has been sued over a fiery Wisconsin crash that killed all five occupants of a Model S, who were allegedly trapped inside because of a design flaw that prevented them from opening the sedan's ...

The US auto safety regulator investigating whether certain Tesla Inc. door handles are defective received more complaints ...

UPDATE 9/23/25: With Tesla facing scrutiny over the safety of its electric door handles, the brand's design chief Franz von Holzhausen said there are plans to redesign them, as reported by Bloomberg.

Tesla is again under scrutiny from the safety regulators, this time because of its electronic door handles. After receiving nine complaints about inoperative door handles, the NHTSA opened a ...

My family sees cars come and go. It's the life of a professional motoring journalist; and no, I'm not looking for sympathy. My point is that shiny new cars are so commonplace in the lives of my ...