The futuristic door handles on Tesla’s Model S cars are being blamed for the death of a doctor who was unable to be rescued from his vehicle following a crash in February, according to a lawsuit.
Omar Awan, a 48-year-old anesthesiologist, died after losing control and crashing his high performance car into a tree in South Florida.
According to a wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Broward County, a police officer close to the accident immediately went to help. However the Model S’s door handles, which are designed to protrude out and “auto present”, malfunctioned and failed to do so.
Read the article at Newsweek.
