Today on Critical Materials: the auto industry faces a reckoning over electric door handles. Plus, are Americans fed up with big trucks? Tesla isn’t just a car company. It’s kind of a whole vibe. For ...

Tesla plans to update its door releases after blowback. The Cybercab shows what could be in store.

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.

According to industry reports, there have been numerous recorded incidents of people being stuck inside Teslas due to not knowing how to manually open the electric door handles. Since several of these ...

As technology in vehicles continues to trend toward science fiction, car doors have started to be integrated into the vehicles themselves for sleeker designs. Modern vehicles like the Tesla Model S ...

Volvo’s EX60 uses electric “shark-fin” door handles but addresses safety concerns about power loss. The interior handle combines electronic opening with a mechanical backup in the same pull motion.

All the way back in July 2022, GM Authority reported that the Cadillac Lyriq would eventually receive actual door handles in lieu of the electronic buttons that filled the role for the 2023 model year ...

China has officially moved forward with a proposed ban on flush EV door handles, with an effective date of January 1, 2027. The regulation will force a redesign of many EVs with sleek, ...