Headlights. Indicators. Trunk releases. Seatbelts. Airbags. Just about any part of a car you can think of is governed by a long and complicated government regulation. It’s all about safety, ensuring ...

Chinese regulators are considering a ban on fully retractable car door handles, citing safety hazards and functional deficiencies. Tesla, which pioneered the "auto-presenting" door handles on the ...

Many new cars—in particular Teslas and a few recent Mercedes-Benz products—feature electronically retractable door handles that disappear into the body as a flush component. These handles look sleek, ...

New regulations will force Tesla and other automakers to redesign their EV for the Chinese market. Here is why the government is stepping in.

China is considering a ban on retractable door handles, which were popularized by Tesla in the early 2010s. In September 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology began drafting ...

The left hand of an individual as it pulls on a vehicle's black doorhandle, the handle was recessed into the vehicle - emirhankaramuk/Shutterstock New regulations in ...

Luckily the baby was retrieved from the SUV unharmed, but the owners were left with a $1,000 bill for a key fob replacement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK should ban retractable door handles on electric cars, according to a large proportion of Yahoo News UK readers. Following ...

China will ban retractable car handles beginning Jan. 1, 2027, amid growing safety concerns that electrically powered designs can prevent passengers from escaping or being rescued after mishaps. The ...

Sure. That’s why all the Teslas in California don’t have front license plates, according to every Tesla owner who already has a super-draggy adventure toys rack permanently attached to the roof of the ...

I guess it's just the ability to immediately know whether I'm seeing a brake light or a turn signal, regardless of distance. The NHTSA says that amber turn signals reduce rear-end collisions by 5.3% ...