Today on Critical Materials: the auto industry faces a reckoning over electric door handles. Plus, are Americans fed up with ...

In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology. In the formative ...

Who doesn't love a good door handle? I know I do, and it seems like you all do too. They're often overlooked, but they really do add a certain something to a car when they're executed well. Because of ...

Rivian is redesigning the interior door handles for the upcoming R2. Electronic door handles and hard-to-locate manual releases have been linked to fatal crashes and are subject of ongoing federal ...

Instead of a simple, familiar mechanical latch, it’s now common for a car’s exterior door handles to remain flush against the door until the car is unlocked, requiring an electric motor to open. On ...

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 formal simplicity of Sebastian Herkner’s new door handles for Italian brand Ento conceals a deeper story. Featuring smooth forms and a soft curve, the handle design, Herkner explains, is inspired ...

Cars these days come with a plethora of features and gadgets, all designed to make driving both safe and entertaining. On the one hand, totally unnecessary high-tech features such as gesture controls ...

Tesla is looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency following several accidents where passengers were reportedly trapped in burning vehicles because rescuers could not open ...

If there is a big complaint about Tesla vehicles besides their Full Self-Driving and Autopilot issues, it’s related to their interior door handles. Specifically, the emergency door handles are hidden ...