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’s door handle design is notoriously terrible, unintuitive, and dangerous. Customers have been saying it for years. After multiple damning reports, the company might finally be doing something ...

The 2021 Tesla Model Y's electric door handles may not work, so the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation. The federal safety agency said that nine ...

Tesla is a company that prides itself on minimalism, whether it's for cost-cutting purposes or style or a little of both. But in doing so, the automaker sometimes overcomplicates basic car functions, ...

Good morning! It's Tuesday, November 4, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most ...

New safety rules could force Tesla to rethink its sleek, flush door handles as regulators raise concerns about accessibility during power loss or crash events. Regulators are scrutinizing Tesla’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Bloomberg investigation has cast a harsh spotlight on one of Tesla’s most controversial design choices: electronically ...

I'm interested in understanding all the failure modes of the various approaches. The door locks prevent exterior people from opening the doors as well. Most cars auto-unlock in the event of a crash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tesla vehicle is seen after a crash in early 2023 in Austin. An Illinois lawmaker has proposed a measure that would require a ...