"According to regulations announced on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in China will now be required to have a mechanical release on both the inside and outside of every door except the boot. The new regulations will improve the level of automotive safety design, it said. Due to take effect on 1 January next year, the regulations stipulate every car should provide hand-operable space measuring at least 6cm by 2cm by 2.5cm in order to manually release the door."
"The flush-mounted pop-out door handle was first popularised by Elon Musk's Tesla Model S, released in 2012. The design integrates the handle into the door and uses electrical signals to activate the latch. Such door handles provide a slight boost to efficiency by reducing drag. It has since become a common design choice on many EVs worldwide, including in China, where it features in around 60% of the top 100 bestselling new energy vehicles which includes both EVs and hybrid cars according to state media."
China will ban concealed flush-mounted door handles on cars and require a mechanical release on both the inside and outside of every door except the boot. Regulations mandate a hand-operable space of at least 6cm by 2cm by 2.5cm to manually release the door and require interior signs showing occupants how to open the door. The rule takes effect 1 January next year, with a two-year grace period for certain already-approved, near-launch vehicles to update designs. The move follows several fatal incidents where electrical failures prevented occupants from exiting vehicles with flush handles.
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