EU regulators are tightening safety rules on Tesla doors after reports of power failures trapping passengers

European regulators are clamping down on Tesla’s door design after so many safety red ￰0￱ Dutch Vehicle Authority (RDW) said Thursday it’s revising its approval rules for all Tesla vehicles sold across the ￰1￱ reason is that too many people have been getting trapped inside their cars after crashes, especially when the battery ￰2￱ responders have also struggled to get ￰3￱ to Bloomberg, these issues triggered the review after it uncovered that Tesla’s flush door handles fail during power loss, locking people inside, including in situations where cars caught fire. “Doors must always be operable, from the inside by occupants and from the outside by emergency responders, even in the event of a power failure,” said an RDW spokesperson in an emailed ￰4￱ agency added that where current rules are too old to handle these newer designs, updates are now underway, with Committees inside the European regulatory structure reviewing every ￰5￱ opens probe into Model Y handles as China proposes mechanical overrides Meanwhile, just days later, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched an investigation into the door handles on Tesla’s best-selling vehicle, the Model ￰6￱ probe is targeting whether the design fails in emergencies and violates federal safety ￰7￱ von Holzhausen, who has led Tesla’s design for years, told Bloomberg that the company is “working on making its door handles more intuitive to use.” He didn’t explain how or when, but that comment came right after the NHTSA probe went public.

Meanwhile, China’s safety regulators have gone further. They’re pushing for a national rule that every passenger car must include mechanical door releases that work both inside and outside the ￰8￱ rule directly targets the flush handle design made famous by Tesla and copied by local automakers like ￰9￱ Dutch RDW spokesperson said that resolving power failure access is now “a key priority for both Euro NCAP and UNECE,” naming the continent’s crash test body and the United Nations Economic Commission for ￰10￱ two organizations are leading the push to make sure every new vehicle sold in the region meets a higher standard of emergency access — regardless of how futuristic the design ￰11￱ fights $56B Musk pay case in Delaware’s top court While regulators dig into doors, Tesla is back in court again, this time appealing to Delaware’s top judges to reinstate Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation plan that was thrown out earlier this ￰12￱ case has dragged on for nearly two ￰13￱ today, Tesla’s lawyer Jeffrey Wall argued the company’s shareholders had “all the facts” when they approved the plan back in 2018 and called it “the most informed stockholder vote in Delaware history.” But Jeffrey did later admit that his argument goes against a January 2024 ruling from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, who voided the entire payout, saying that Tesla’s board was way too close to Elon and that investors were ￰14￱ didn’t show up in court, but he still has ￰15￱ if the $56 billion plan doesn’t come back, Tesla already put a $25 billion backup package in place earlier this ￰16￱ it doesn’t stop ￰17￱ board is now backing an even larger $1 trillion incentive ￰18￱ deal would reward Elon only if Tesla hits extreme long-term market ￰19￱ are calling it ￰20￱ argue it’s needed to keep Elon focused on Tesla’s push into AI, energy, and ￰21￱ all this is happening while people can’t even open the ￰22￱ Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes