彭博社这篇报导（2025年12月23日）指出，因部分电动车门把与电动开门设计可能失效、导致车主被锁在车外或乘员受困，全球三大洲监管机构正加强审视。回溯至2016年初特斯拉Model 3定型阶段，工程师曾主张保留机械把手以降低风险；但马斯克要求「几乎所有」操作（含车门）以按键或触控电控化，并以极简哲学（「最好的零件就是没有零件」）推动设计，同期Model X车门感测器也已出现一波客诉。
风险核心在于车门依赖低压电池（文中提到12伏系统），在撞击后或电力中断时可能无法供电解锁，妨碍救援或困住不熟悉机械紧急拉柄的人。彭博试图量化此类风险：在美国过去10年中，至少12起事故与至少15人死亡与「门无法打开」有关；同时，相关问题也引发对美国NHTSA的「数百件」消费者投诉并促成调查。中国监管方在评估对齐平式把手的禁令，欧洲监管机构亦称将优先制定电动车门相关规则。
报导也呈现取舍：取消传统把手意味零件更少、成本更低，支撑特斯拉承诺Model 3售价约为既有车款的一半；且内侧按键可放在扶手上方、符合人体工学。为降低失效风险，特斯拉加入手动释放，但是否需要后座机械释放曾有争论；依车主手册，Model 3早期版本仅前门有手动释放，后门在之后年式才补上。手动释放位置常不醒目、分布不一且可能不利儿童/长者/身障者。类似的极简决策也出现在2021年（含售价129,990美元车款的去除拨杆设计），并被指影响品质调查表现；今年（2025年）改款Model Y已恢复方向灯拨杆，且提供每台595美元的加装改装。
Bloomberg’s Dec. 23, 2025 report ties today’s scrutiny of electric door systems to choices made in early 2016 while Tesla finalized the Model 3. Engineers warned that purely electric actuation could create safety hazards, but Elon Musk pushed a minimalist, software-first approach—“the best part is no part”—seeking a futuristic, button/touchscreen-controlled experience even as Model X door sensors were already drawing complaints.
The key quantified signal is crash outcome: Bloomberg’s review of public records found at least 15 deaths across 12 U.S. incidents over the past decade where occupants or rescuers couldn’t open Tesla doors after a crash and fire. The issue has also produced hundreds of complaints to NHTSA and a U.S. probe (Sept. 16, 2025), while China weighs banning flush handles and European regulators prioritize rulemaking for electrically powered doors.
Tesla argues the tradeoffs include fewer parts and lower cost—helping target a Model 3 price roughly half its existing models—plus ergonomic gains from interior push-button releases. Mitigations rely on manual releases powered around a 12‑volt/low‑voltage system, but early Model 3s lacked rear manual releases and later added them; critics say releases can be unlabeled and hard to access. Related minimalism (e.g., 2021’s $129,990 control changes) drew backlash; in 2025 Tesla restored the turn-signal stalk on the Model Y and offers $595 retrofits, and it recently launched a safety page claiming doors auto-unlock in serious collisions.