{"id":343699,"date":"2026-01-15T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:35:35","slug":"us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"US Congress targets EV door handles with new bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tesla door handle\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" \/><br \/>If passed, the &#8216;Securing Accessible Functional Emergency (SAFE) Exit Act&#8217; would force automotive companies to install manual quick releases on EV door handles. The bill specifically mentions Tesla in reference to safety concerns.  <a href=https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/2026\/01\/15\/us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill\/ target='_blank'>Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill.webp&#8221; class=&#8221;attachment-large size-large&#8221; alt=&#8221;Tesla door handle&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; fetchpriority=&#8221;high&#8221; loading=&#8221;eager&#8221; \/&gt;If passed, the &#8216;Securing Accessible Functional Emergency (SAFE) Exit Act&#8217; would force automotive companies to install manual quick releases on EV door handles. The bill specifically mentions Tesla in reference to safety concerns&#8230;. <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/us-congress-targets-ev-door-handles-with-new-bill\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":343700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}