China bans Tesla-style doors because they’re a public safety hazard

China has become the first nation to outlaw the Tesla-style concealed door handle. Demanded by Elon Musk against the safety concerns of his own engineers, the handle and its electronic opening mechanism have been implicated in multiple fatal incidents where trapped passengers couldn’t open their doors from the inside, and emergency rescuers could not gain access to the cabin from the outside.

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued new safety rules, mandating that...