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, ...

Flush door handles have been quite the automotive design trend of late. Stylists like them because they don’t add visual noise to the side of a car. And aerodynamicists like them because they make a ...

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 ...

BEIJING—China is banning retractable door handles on cars, used by Tesla and many Chinese electric-vehicle makers, after safety concerns grew over doors that couldn’t be opened in accidents. Under ...