- Tesla's controversial door handles and releases have once again ended up in NHTSA's lap.
- The feds officially denied a petition to investigate Tesla's door handles over safety concerns.
- Instead, it granted a petition to begin looking into rewriting regulations to better address safety in new cars.
Tesla's door handles have been controversial for about as long as its been making cars. They're sleek, aerodynamic, and became a trend-setter in modern automotive design. We're talking about both the smooth pop-out handles on the outside and the modern electronic push-button releases on the inside. Now regulators are questioning whether this kind of setup is too unsafe.
