Interesting little element of the telsa model s show car it has electric door handles that pop out after being touched and return flush to the bodywork once.
Tesla flush door handles.
Recall the door handles on some tesla models are designed to sit flush with the car and only extend outwards when needed.
The door handles didn t extend in this particular instance.
Elon musk sometimes gets a really firm idea that a particular design feature is the right thing or the wrong thing and he s by all accounts just about impossible to shake from that firm idea.
The fancy door handles on the tesla model s have been known to fail and so these videos explain how they work and how to fix them if they stop working.
By katie dowd.
According to us industry journal automotive.
Tesla uses a nifty flush fitment for its exterior door handles on the model s that pop out to welcome you as you walk up to the car with the key.
Flush with the body of the car when.
This video was mad.
A wrongful death suit alleges the driver of a tesla model s died because emergency responders were unable to open his tesla s flush door handles.