China to ban hidden car door handles made popular by Tesla in world first

A monument to Tesla's design and engineering prowess is a marketing gimmick that compromises user safety.

The USA Transportation Secretary's own sister died drowning in a Tesla unable to get out or open the doors for over 24 minutes: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/business/angela-chao-death

andsoitis · 6 days ago

> A monument to Tesla's design and engineering prowess is a marketing gimmick that compromises user safety.

You do know that flush door handles are to found across the automobile industry, right?

Range Rover, Jaguar, Hyundai/Kia, Ford, Nissan, Honda. Chinese heavyweights Xiaomi and Aion do it too.

jqpabc123 · 6 days ago

You do know that not all flush door handles are a problem, right?

The problem is *electrically operated* door handles --- ones that will not function when power is absent --- for example, after an accident or being submerged in water.

Tesla "fixed" something that wasn't broken.