Regulators were already probing Tesla’s door handles on different model before the Cybertruck lawsuits.
The parents of two college students who died in a Cybertruck crash last fall are suing Tesla, alleging the truck’s door design trapped the victims inside.
Separate lawsuits filed Thursday by the families of 20-year-old Jack Nelson and 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara claim that the Cybertruck’s design, including electric-powered doors with hidden manual releases, made it nearly impossible for the students to escape after the crash, according to Bloomberg.
The lawsuits come as Tesla’s signature electric door handles have already been under scrutiny in recent months. In September, U.S. regulators launched a probe into faulty door handles on certain Tesla models. And a Bloomberg investigation earlier this year also revealed multiple cases in which people were hurt or even died when Teslas lost power, typically after crashes, and their doors wouldn’t open.
